Caius Marius and the Cimbrian Soldier

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Caius Marius and the Cimbrian Soldier

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pen and ink with grey wash 306 x 486 mm - watermark LVG Roman consul, general and military reformer Caius (Gaius) was imprisoned at Minturnae in 88 BC by a rival Roman general, Sulla. Here a Cimbrian soldier sent to murder him retreats in terror when Caius cries out, ‘Who dares kill Marius?’ While Caius first appeared in a text by Plutarch in 75...

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Date created

circa 1764-circa 1765

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Henry Fuseli

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https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/3325

Related subjects

men / interior views / soldiers / classicism / Neoclassical/European / Drawing

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