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In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King Leonidas led the Greeks and tried to defend the pass of Thermopylae. All the defending Spartans were killed during the Battle of Thermopylae. Their defence and courage provided inspiration to the Greeks, and the following year the Greeks won battles against their old enemy the Persians.Spartan by Chris Collingwood. (P)Click For DetailsCCP0001
In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King Leonidas led the Greeks and tried to defend the pass of Thermopylae. All the defending Spartans were killed during the Battle of Thermopylae. Their defence and courage provided inspiration to the Greeks, and the following year the Greeks won battles against their old enemy the Persians.Spartans by Chris Collingwood. (P)Click For DetailsCCP0002
CCP0053. AD43 by Chris Collingwood. AD43 by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsCCP0053
CCP0054. Roman Signifer AD43 by Chris Collingwood. Roman Signifer AD43 by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsCCP0054
CCP0074. Roman Legionary by Chris Collingwood. Roman Legionary by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsCCP0074
After the fall of the stronghold of Alesia in 52BC, Vercingetorix was the last Gallic Chieftain to submit to Caesar. Vercingetorix is shown arrivng on horseback at the gate of the Roamn fort, with Caesar shown a distance away in the fort. Henri Motte studied under Jean-Leon Gerome, and most of his works were shown at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris. His major works were of historical pieces such as this one and Hannibal Crossing the Rhone, both of these receiving a bronze medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris. He was awarded Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur in 1892.Vercingetorix Surrendering to Caesar by Henri-Paul Motte.Click For DetailsDHM0310
DHM343. Cataline Conspiracy by Cesari Maccari. Cataline Conspiracy by Cesari Maccari.Click For DetailsDHM0343
DHM344. Murder of Caesar by Karl Theodore van Piloty. Murder of Caesar by Karl Theodore van Piloty.Click For DetailsDHM0344
<b>SOLD OUT - This sold out print will not be republished.</b>Chariot Race by Alexander von Wagner.Click For DetailsDHM0358
DHM388. The Sabine Women by Jacques Louis David. The Sabine Women by Jacques Louis David.Click For DetailsDHM0388
Painted in the 15th Century, the artist having no concept of military dress of the time of Alexander, painted figures in the armour of the 14/15th centuries. Battle of Issus by Albrecht Altdorfer.Click For DetailsDHM0411
Battle of Hydaspes. Porus had a very large army which included 200 war elephants. The battle saw a charge by the elephants, against the Macedonian forces, which began to look successful. Seeing this, Porus Cavalry charged, against Alexanders cavalry (in this period it was very unusual to have cavalry contact) The elephant charge began to falter and the battle edged towards victory for Alexander. Due to his admiration of Porus as a leader, Alexander granted him honourable terms and built an alliance with him. His army was not so fortunate, with 3,000 cavalry lost and 20,000 infantry killed.Defeat of Porus by Alexander the Great 326BC by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau.Click For DetailsDHM0491
The Battle of Guagamela 1st October 331BC. Alexander marched to Tyre, then to eastwood to cross the Euphrates and the River Tigris. Alexander was offered by Darius a large quantity of gold (worth over 500million pounds in todays terms) half his kingdom and the hand of his daughter. Alexander refused and a moth later the battle took place. Alexander was outnumbered 4 to 1 but he noticed a weak spot in the Persian line. He led the charge which was a great success and Darius fled the field. Seeing this panic spread through the Persian forces, Dariuss army crumbled. Later Darius was murdered by Persian nobles.Defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great 331BC by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau.Click For DetailsDHM0492
Driven by revenge for the brutal treatment she had suffered at the hands of the Romans, Queen Boadicea led the Iceni and her allies the Trinovantas in open revolt. The IX Legion Hispania was despatched to suppress the insurrection but were ambushed en route. Only the commander Petilius Cerealis, and a handful of cavalry escaped. Ambush of the XI Legion by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM0511
Depicting the last stand of the 300 Spartans who fought to the death against an overwhelming Persian Army. The Battle of Thermopylae by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM0512
Hannibal had invaded Italy by taking his army including war elephants across the mountains and into northern Italy. He defeated the Romans in three major battles including Cannae, but he did not take Rome when he had the chance. Once Rome had strengthened its forces, the Romans invaded Carthage. The second Punic War between Rome and Carthage was brought to a conclusion on the plains of Zama (modern Tunisia) with the Romans inflicting a crushing defeat on the army of Hannibal.Battle of Zama by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM0513
A classic image depicting a victorious gladiator, about to dispatch his opponent, as an excited crowd give him the thumbs down!Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) by Jean Leon Jerome.Click For DetailsDHM0535
DHM596. Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms at the Feet of Caesar by L Royer. Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms at the Feet of Caesar by L Royer.Click For DetailsDHM0596
Cavalry and Legionaries (plus Auxiliary Hamian Archer) of the XIVth Legion. AD61 by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM0697
Depicting Legio II Augusta, 1st Century AD, (showing a Legionary, Centurian and a Conucen Trumpeter) SPQR (For the People of Rome) by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM0823
DHM825. Centurian by Chris Collingwood. Centurian by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM0825
For two years Spartacus and his army of escaped slaves and Gladiators defeated every Roman Legion sent against him. Eventually in 71BC, they were trapped and destroyed by six Legions led by Crassus. Spartacus. The Slaves Revolt - 71 BC by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM0959
The Hellespont behind him, 22 year old Alexander splashes ashore onto Asian soil. In a prelude to conquest he makes a pilgrimage to Troy to pay homage at the tomb of Achilles, Greek hero of the Trojan War. Exchanging some of his armour for a sacred shield from the temple of Athena, he carried it throughout his campaigns. Eastward the Empire by Tom Lovell.Click For DetailsDHM1005
Alexanders infantry and cavalry overwhelm the Indian army of King Porus at the Jhelum River. Maddened by the disaster the kings elephants kept colliding with friends and foes alike, according to Arrian. Soon after the victory, Alexanders men, weary and homesick, demanded that he turn back.The Last Great Battle by Tom Lovell.Click For DetailsDHM1012
Rome AD52, Gladiatorial Combat under the eyes of the Emperor Claudius (actual name, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero) a great supporter of the games. Seen are the Net and Trident fighter Retiarius matched with a more heavily armed Mirmillone, whilst in the background a successful Secutor seeks permission for the killing stroke. Morituri Te Saluttant (For Those About to Die Salute You) by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1015
Themistocles had chosen the narrow waters at the entrance to the bay well. The Persians could not bring their larger fleet to bear on the smaller Greek fleet and due to the design and manoeuverability of the Greek Triremes, the Greek fleet sailed down the right channel next to Salamis and turned to ram the Persian fleet as it entered the bay. The Persian captains tried frantically to turn their ships but their oars became entangled and the turning manoeuvre caused the ships to run into each other. The Greek Triremes were able to ram the leading Persian ships, disengage and ram again. This was a great victory for Themistocles who lost only 70 ships from his fleet of 380 Triremes, compared to the loss of over 600 ships from the Persian fleet of over 1,000.Battle of Salamis, 23rd September 480BC by Wilhelm von Kaulbach.Click For DetailsDHM1094
The Battle of Marathon 490 BC during the Persian Greek Wars. King Darious I of Persia sent his son in law Mardonius to invade Greece in 492 BC. The Persian Forces conquered Thrace and Macedonia before their fleet was devastated by a storm. Mardonia was forced to return to Asia. A second Persian invasion force crossed the Aegean sea. After conquering Eretria, the Persian Army under Datis (15,000 strong) landed near Marathon. (Marathon is 24 miles northeast of Athens.) General Miltiades, general in the Greek army gathered a force of 10,000 Athenians and 1,000 Plataean citizen Soldiers.Battle of Marathon by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM1131
Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River During the Macedonian conquests in 326BC at the tributary at Hydaspes (now Jhelem) of the Indus River, King Porus and his Indian army blocked Alexander the Greats advance with some 50,000 troops leaving 40,000, the bulk of his army, on the west bank of the river. Alexander the Great crossed the Indus river using makeshift pontoons with 14,000 picked cavalry and infantry. The following day he attacked the flank of King Porus position, after 8 hours of hard fighting, Alexander the Greats army routed the Indians, taking 9,000 prisoner including King Porus and killing 12,000. The Macedonian army lost 980 men and this was the last battle of the Asian conquest as Alexanders army rebelled and refused to go further.Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM1174
After an unsuccessful attempt to invade Britain the previous year, Caesar returned in force. Included among his large ranks was one Indian elephant, a beast unknown to his enemy, and as it transpired a dramatic psychological weapon which succeeded in breaching the Britons defensive position on the River Thames. Julius Caesar Crossing the Thames, Summer 54BC by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1202
So Tell The Spartans, Stranger passing by that here, Obedient to their laws, we lie. In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King Leonidas led the Greeks and tried to defend the pass of Thermopylae. All the defending Spartans were killed during the Battle of Thermopylae. Their defence and courage provided inspiration to the Greeks, and the following year the Greeks won battles against their old enemy the Persians. Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1243
Flanked by his Companion heavy cavalry, Alexander, King of Macedon, led the charge which broke through the left wing of the Persian army, and forced Darius, the Great King, to flee the battlefield. Persian success against his own left wing forced him to delay his pursuit of the routed troops, but by the end of the day the battle was won, and the heart of the Persian empire lay at his feet. Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDHM1359
In 1275 BC there were two superpowers in the ancient near east, in the south the Egyptians and in the north the Hittites from Anatolia in modern day central Turkey. A clash between these two powers was inevitable. The Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II marched an army north into Syria to confront the Hittites and their allies under King Muwatallis. Reaching Kadesh Rameses camped under the walls of the city with his leading division, Amun, and awaited the arrival of the rest of his army. Poor intelligence had led Rameses to believe the Hittites were far to the north, in fact they were only 2 - 3 miles away. Muwatallis delivered a surprise attack against Rameses camp but the Egyptians managed to hold on until re-enforcements arrived. Despite retreating from the field after a day long battle it was Rameses who claimed a victory. The two armies never clashed again and eventually a peace treaty was signed between the Egyptians and the Hittites. The Battle of Kadesh - circa 127 BC by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM1369
In his 50s with 30 years experience, who has now attained High Centurian rank and commands the entire 1st Cohort. Primus Pilus by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1504
In AD 9, three Roman legions - 20,000 men plus camp followers - commanded by Governor Varus crossed the Rhine into what they believed to be friendly territory on their way to putting down a local uprising. A young chieftain of the Cherusci tribe, Arminius, had guaranteed them safe passage through his lands. However, Arminius who held a grudge against the Romans, deliberately deceived Varus and in a four-day running battle in the forest overwhelmed and slaughtered the Romans almost to a man. Varus, along with his surviving senior officers, took their own lives to avoid capture. The Battle of Teutoburg Forest, AD 9 by Brian Palmer.Click For DetailsDHM1789
Rallying his men the young Pharoah Rameses II leads the Egyptian force in the decisive counter attack against the Hittite foes. Kadesh (Egyptians v Hittites) by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0032
EG254. The Finding of Moses by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The Finding of Moses by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.Click For DetailsEGQ0254
GE3994CGL. Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David. Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David (GL)Click For DetailsGE3994
GIAA2341GL. Egyptian Theatre by Van Hamme. Egyptian Theatre by Van Hamme. (GL)Click For DetailsGIAA2341
Romanticized painting of the meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, Anthony the great Roman General. The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra by Frans Francken the Younger. (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL1582
GIJL6198GL. The Amazon Queen Thalestris in the Camp of Alexander by Johann George Platzer. The Amazon Queen Thalestris in the Camp of Alexander by Johann George Platzer. (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL6198
GIT6500GL. The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques Louis David. The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques Louis David (GL)Click For DetailsGIT6500
GITW5618GS. Hauling a Lion Statue to the Temple by Poynter. Hauling a Lion Statue to the Temple by Sir Edward J Poynter. (GS)Click For DetailsGITW5618
GR4800GL. Leonardas at Thermopylae by Jacques Louis David 1748-1825. Leonardas at Thermopylae by Jacques Louis David 1748-1825 (GL)Click For DetailsGR4800
L8AP. Anglo-Saxon 750 AD Wearing Coppergate Helmet by Stuart Liptrot. Anglo-Saxon 750 AD Wearing Coppergate Helmet by Stuart Liptrot (AP)Click For DetailsLI0008
MC9. Battle of Issus 333 B.C. by Mark Churms. Battle of Issus 333 B.C. by Mark Churms.Click For DetailsMC0009
Brave standard bearer from Julius Caesars Legions, leads the Republic of Romes armies, as he wades ashore to face an army of fearsome Ancient Britons! The Eagle Attacks! by Mark Churms.Click For DetailsMC0012
SPV9037. The Death of Cleopatra by Jean Andre Rixens. The Death of Cleopatra by Jean Andre Rixens.Click For DetailsSPV9037
VAR103. Battle of Gaugamela, 1st October 331BC by J Brueghel. Battle of Gaugamela, 1st October 331BC by J Brueghel.Click For DetailsVAR0103
VAR336. Caractacus being Paraded by the Emperor Claudius, AD50 by Thomas Davidson. Caractacus being Paraded by the Emperor Claudius, AD50 by Thomas Davidson.Click For DetailsVAR0336
<b>One copy available with a small mark on the image near the bottom border, which would be hardly noticeable once framed. </b>XXZ26 Vercingetorix Surrendering to Caesar by Henri-Paul Motte.Click For DetailsXXZ0026

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