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Secret meeting of Civilis with leaders of the Teviri, 69-70
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Secret meeting of Civilis with leaders of the Teviri, 69-70

Antonio Tempesta · 1612 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Secret meeting of Civilis with Julius Classicus and Julius Tutor, leaders of the Treviri from Trier, in a house in Cologne. Here a plan is hatched to kill the Roman officers to win over the soldiers to their side. Print number 18 in the series of prints on the Batavian Revolt: Batavorum cum Romanis bellum / à Corn. Tacito lib. IV & V. : Hist. olim descriptum, figuris nunc aeneis expressum, auctore Othone Vaenio Lugdunobatava = The Batavian or old Dutch war against the Romans. Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612. At the bottom two verses of four lines in Dutch and in Latin. On the reverse side text in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGeheime ontmoeting van Civilis met leiders van de Teviri, 69-70. 1612. Antonio Tempesta. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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