Cover of school exercise book illustrating the siege of Syracuse by the Romans under the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus by E. Letellier
© Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection / Archives Charmet
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- Cover of school exercise book illustrating the siege of Syracuse by the Romans under the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus
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- E. Letellier
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- Open edition
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- Bridgeman Art Library
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- © Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection / Archives Charmet
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shows devices designed by Archimedes (287?-212 BC) to defend the city; after the defeat of the city the victorious Roman general Marcellus carried off the city's art treasures to Rome; first instance known of this practice in European history;
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