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Batavians break the bridge over the IJssel, 69-70
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Batavians become frightened and break the bridge over the IJssel to negotiate with Cerialis. Print number 35 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 descriptionCredit lineBataven breken de brug over de IJssel af, 69-70. 1612. Antonio Tempesta. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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