s e r i e s | f a m o u s b a t t l e s o f a n t i q u i t y
pen, watercolour, charcoal white and printed text on paper seven drawings 7.5" x 10.5" each
T H E B A T T L E O F C A R R H A E 5 3 B C E
here you see publius licinius crassus and his men, who, separated from the rest of the army, their retreat cut off by horse archers, turn now to face the parthian cataphracts.
T H E B A T T L E O F C Y N O S C E P H A L A E 1 9 7 B C E
here you see the macedonian troops of philip V slowly grow confused and disoriented as, hour after hour, they wander through an impenetrable fog that shows no signs of lifting.
T H E B A T T L E O F P Y D N A 1 6 8 B C E
here you see lucius aemilius paullus overcoming his alarm and steeling his resolve in the face of the advancing macedonian phalanx. to his left a roman officer, filled with despair, rends his garments.
T H E B A T T L E O F A C T I U M 3 0 B C E
here you see cleopatra in an agony of suspense and anxiety, giving the signal to retreat to open sea as, in the distance, octavian's forces begin to gain the upper hand.
T H E B A T T L E O F M A R A T H O N 4 9 0 B C E
here you see epizelus the son of cuphagoras in close combat, encountering the figure of a colossal warrior whose beard shadows his shield, and being struck blind by the apparition.
T H E B A T T L E O F P H A R S A L U S 4 8 B C E
here you see flavius eutropius, paulus orosius, and the author of the bellum alexandrinum placing the battle of pharsalus at palaeopharsalos. gnaius pompeius magnus, in disguise, is fleeing the scene on his horse.
T H E B A T T L E O F S A L A M I S 4 8 0 B C E
behind the din of the naval battle you can still hear cries from a land and sea battle fought here sixteen years earlier, and faintly make out the clamour of another battle to come in thirty years.