Digna orbis Imperia virtus (The Battle of Gaugamela near Arbela on 1st October 331 BC), Bernard Picart, 1700 - 1710, Graphic Art, Etching, Copper Engraving, Those close to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) at the Battle of Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BC believed they saw an eagle hovering above Alexander’s head. The Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus (1st century AD) wrote this in his biography of Alexander. The seer Aristander, who closely followed Alexander on foot, pointed the bird out to the soldiers and interpreted the eagle as a sure sign that they would be triumphant. This story is illustrated at the centre of the picture., Paper, Color, Printer's ink, Etching, Copper engraving, Printet, Height (plate size) 435 mm, Height (paper size) 460 mm, Width (plate size) 855 mm, Width (paper size) 880 mm, Le Brun pinxit., B. Picart dir.exit, la Vertu est digne de Lempire du monde., Alexandre a pres phisieurs victoires deffit Darius dans la bataille qu'il donna, pres Darbelle et ce dernier combat ayant achevé de renverser le Throne des perrses, tout Lorient fut soumis a la puissance des Macedoniens., Digna orbis Imperia virtus., Post Multus victorias virtu sua arta ultimo ad Arbelam proelio Darium, fugat Alexander eaque da de funditus everso Persarum solio totus Oriens in, potestam Macedonici cessit impery, A Paris chez Crepy rue St Jacques a St Pierre, Graphic Design, European, Enlightenment (1690 - 1800), Printer, Etienne Louis Crepy
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