Hornplayer in the Roman army, ancient Rome

Buccinator or hornplayer in the Roman army, ancient Rome. He wears a lion-skin headdress, tunic, sagulum gregale or short trousers and sandals. He blows the buccina and is armed with gladius sword and pilum spear. A broken obelisk behind. Buccinator 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 Chez Deroy Gladius Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur L. Labrousse Lantique Rome Obelisk Pilum Roman Empire Sagulum Gregale Sandals Short Trousers

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