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Things – T94447

Headpiece (Gallic War, Book 1) - Battle with Ariovistus

In C. Julii Caesaris quae extant, London: Jacob (I) Tonson (publisher), [by mid-March] 1712 (Warsaw, BUW, St.Dr.), p. 3

p. 3 (9 of 135 in-Urus figures)

before p. 1, no 5

Details

Matrices

Headpiece - Battle with Ariovistus (Tonson)

Places

London production place : [by mid-March] 1712

Design

Headpiece - Battle with Ariovistus (Tonson) Part of Set of headpieces (Tonson) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇤ Antonio Tempesta (designer), Matthäus (I) Merian (printmaker), Jacob van der Heyden (print publisher), Battle with Ariovistus (Heyden) Part of Set of Caesar's Deeds (Heyden) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

C. Julius Caesar defeats and drives out Ariovistus, a German chieftain (Iconclass: 98B(CAESAR)41)

Narrative

Caesar's Gallic War (Commentarii de bello Gallico)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-13 08:59)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-13 08:59)