Title

'The standard bearer of the tenth legion', 55 BC (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle.

Caption

'The standard bearer of the tenth legion', 1864. Possibly the Legio decima Gemina (The Twins' Tenth Legion), a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of the four legions used by Julius Caesar in 58 BC, for his invasion of Gaul. From A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 by James E. Doyle. [Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London, 1864]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1864

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D09_333

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

21,1Mb (1,5Mb) / 8,7in x 9,4in / 2608 x 2824 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation outdoors sea animal Italy England people male man men animals horses horse flag flags country Rome day guy ship ships geography English color colour wading Roman war location century banner arrival soldiers soldier invasion concept arriving standard Army warfare publication 19th century water transport nineteenth century history The Print Collector geographical feature legion standard bearer TGN engraving portrait James William Edmund Doyle James Doyle Julius Caesar Caesar Julius Gaius Julius Caesar Longman & Co 1st century AD Doyle James William Edmund Chronicle of England tenth legion Longman Roberts & Green Longman & Co Julius Caesar engraving portrait