Costume of a standard bearer, ancient Rome

Costume of a standard bearer, ancient Rome. The aquilifer wears a leopard skin tied around his torso, animal-skin boots with lion heads. The aquila standard has a gold eagle, portrait, tablet with SPQR, and scarlet ribbon. Ruined arches and columns behind Porte Enseigne Romain. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his L'antique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796

1796 18th Century Ancient Civilization Ancient Rome Aquila Aquilifer Chez Deroy Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur L. Labrousse Lantique Rome Leopard Skin Roman Empire Signifer Signum Spqr Standard Bearer Tablet Torso

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