Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 441
Pompeius Strabowas shut up in Firmum by Afranius, the Italian general.Our second example must be explained as hit Pompeius,and was probably also used at the siege of Firmum, or elseat that of Asculum, where Pompeius in his turn besiegedthe forces of Afranius. If we accept the second interpre-tation… … The trumpeters wear skins, the heads of the animalsbeing drawn over their headsand the fore-feet knottedround their necks. The trumpets are strengthened by two ANTIQUITIES 385 cross-bars, by one of which, the more ornamental, they arecarried. On the left kneels a Dacian who has come beforethe…
Classical antiquities
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