Title

Death of Alcibiades', 1890.

Caption

'Death of Alcibiades', 1890. Alcibiades (c450-404 BC), Athenian statesman and general, shifted alliance during the Peloponnesian War. In 404 BC, exiled in Phrygia in the Achaemenid Empire his residence was set on fire and he was assassinated by Persian soldiers. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_054

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,9Mb (4,4Mb) / 19,0in x 13,3in / 5685 x 3992 (300dpi)

Keywords

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