Etruscan cavalry and warriors at the siege of Thebes

Etruscan cavalry and warriors at the siege of Thebes. They throw lances and human heads at the Greek defenders The cavalry wears body armour or lorica. Cavalieri con lorica. From an alabaster urn in Volterra museum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1843

Alabaster Antico Corona Corsi Effigy Etruscan Ferrario Giulio Gravestone Moderno Scroll Thebes Trionfale Triumphal

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