Terror Gallicus: Gallic Warriors and Captive Enemies in Roman Visual Culture
In his history of the Second Punic War, Livy describes in grisly detail the final moments of L. Postumius Albinus (pr. 216 BCE), who fell in battle to the Gallic Boii: “The Boii stripped his body of its spoils and cut off the head and bore them in triumph to the most sacred of their temples. Accordi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gruppo editoriale Tab S.r.l.
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Nuova Antologia Militare |
| Online Access: | https://www.tabedizioni.it/web/content/156244 |