Cette illustration remonte au début des années 1900 et montre le vol de Pompey de Pharsalia. Le 9 août, 48 BC à Pharsalus en Grèce centrale, Gaius Julius Caesar et ses alliés se sont rassemblés en face de l'armée de la République sous le commandement de Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (aussi connu comme 'Pompée le Grand'). Pompey avait l'appui de la majorité des sénateurs, dont beaucoup ont été optimates, et son armée significativement plus nombreux que les légions césariennes vétéran. César, dans une position beaucoup plus faible de Pompey, se retrouva isolé dans un pays hostile avec seulement 22 000 hommes et à court de provisions. Wan Pompey

• Contributeur: Ivy Close Images / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2AK73T6
• Taille du fichier: 53,7 MB (3,4 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3476 x 5400 px | 29,4 x 45,7 cm | 11,6 x 18 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 30 décembre 2019

Informations supplémentaires

Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

This illustration dates to the early 1900s and shows the Flight of Pompey from Pharsalia. On August 9, 48 BC at Pharsalus in central Greece,  Gaius Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the republic under the command of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (also known as "Pompey the Great"). Pompey had the backing of a majority of the senators, of whom many were optimates, and his army significantly outnumbered the veteran Caesarian legions. Caesar, in a much weaker position than Pompey, found himself isolated in a hostile country with only 22, 000 men and short of provisions. Pompey wanted to delay, knowing the enemy would eventually surrender from hunger and exhaustion. Pressured by the senators present and by his officers, he reluctantly engaged in battle and suffered an overwhelming defeat, ultimately fleeing the camp (as seen here) and his men. He was later assassinated in Egypt by Ptolemy XIII. The caption for this image reads: When he fled from that disastrous field, he became an outcast, a desperate, hunted man, riding to his murder. He spurs in wild, mud-spattered haste. Life is for the moment the main thing, the first that must be saved from the wreck of defeat! The picture is one of speed. Yet what must have been Pompey’s mood! What passions of hate and fury must have swayed him! Could any artist express, as we can imagine them!

Recherche dans la banque de photos par tags

• 1er siècle av.
• histoire de rome antique
• julius caesar
• pharsale
• pharsalia
• pompey et césar
• pompey fuit la pharsalie
• pompey fuit pharsale
• pompey the great
• république romaine