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The Roman Legion: an illustration of the Roman legion in Hannibal's time: four soldiers above a diagram of skirmishers and three battle lines
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The Roman Legion

The Roman Republic · c. 216 BC

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  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included

Hanging print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
  • Sizes: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Medium: Fine art paper
  • Style: Military plate
  • Era: Punic Wars
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The Roman Legion: an illustration of the Roman legion in Hannibal's time: four soldiers above a diagram of skirmishers and three battle lines
The Roman Legionc. 216 BC
The Roman Republic · c. 216 BC

Three Lines and a Screen of Skirmishers

The Roman legion of the Second Punic War is known above all from Polybius, a Greek statesman who lived in Rome after 167 BC. In Book VI of his Histories he describes a legion of 4,200 infantry and 300 cavalry. Its men were sorted by age and wealth: 1,200 light-armed velites, 1,200 hastati, 1,200 principes and 600 triarii.

The velites were the youngest and poorest. Polybius says they carried javelins, a sword and a round shield, and that some covered their plain helmets with a wolf skin so their officers could pick out the brave. The hastati and principes carried two throwing spears, the pila, with a short sword and a tall curved shield. Most wore a small bronze plate over the heart; the richest wore mail. The triarii, the oldest, kept the long thrusting spear. Each of the three heavy classes fought in ten maniples, and Livy records the Roman saying that things had come down to the triarii when a battle was going badly.

The piece

The plate reads from top to bottom like a lesson. The four figures stand on one ground line, each with an English and a Latin name beneath, and the eye moves from the bare-legged skirmisher to the gray beard of the veteran. Below, the same men become blocks of red, darker red and black, the second line staggered to cover the gaps in the first. The source line at the foot names Polybius and Livy.

Materia · The materials

Fine art paper, framed or hung.

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Pine frame

Black, dark wood or natural wood, FSC-certified. Framed prints arrive framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included.

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Fine art paper

Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.

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Shatterproof plexiglass

Protects the print in transit and on the wall.

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Magnetic wooden hanger

Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.

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The Roman Legion: an illustration of the Roman legion in Hannibal's time: four soldiers above a diagram of skirmishers and three battle lines
Sofa · 84″ / 213 cm

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Above a sofa or bed, art looks best at about two-thirds of the furniture's width, hung 8 to 10 inches above it.

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