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The Art of Ancient Rome

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June 5, 2009
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The 13th Legion in full battle, this Roman legion is one of the many wich Caesar used to conquer Gaul. They used the same tactics over and over again. Get close to the enemy throw your speers ( pilum) and then draw short swords ( gladius) and fight.
As you see they don't have the square shields or the iron helmets of the later legionairies. These men are equiped with bronze helmets and round shields. They were called Hastati. One of them is carreing the standard on wich an eagle sits. This represented the whole Legion and was a holy symbol for the troops. If they lost the eagle in battle they would be ashamed and dishonoured.
So much for the history part :)

I just love history. Hope you like the drawing
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~neinon Nov 26, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
simply fantastic! Historically accurate too!
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Mood: Joy ~Crazyhornet25 Sep 11, 2012
amazing!
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~JedoDre Mar 22, 2012
The only thing that distracted me were the feet - something not quite right there, but the angle and perspective are really nice.
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~Saint-Jan May 5, 2012
Haha, I know the feet are very angular :p I am not the best in drawing nice toes and fingers :p but glad you like it anyway :) thx

sorry for the very late reply :(
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~yaksha95 Jun 4, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
really good job so great it looks like one of thoe textbook art covers they have very very good I like it
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~Saint-Jan May 5, 2012
Thank you those are very nices words to read :) glad you like it.

sorry for the very late reply :(
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~Intro71292 Apr 14, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
It's very detailed.
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~Saint-Jan Apr 17, 2011
Thx again, its was a drawing that took me a long time to draw but I am proud of it :)
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~Intro71292 Apr 18, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You are welcome.:D
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~Cirandel Apr 13, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Great detail and dynamics!
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