Image: Catapulta by Edward Poynter
Description: In 1868 Poynter produced another of his most celebrated Roman spectaculars, The Catapult. This shows Roman soldiers manning a siege engine for an attack on the walls of Carthage, during the siege which ended in the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. The famous command of Cato the Elder, "Delenda est Carthago" (quoted in Pultarch's "Life of Cato") is carved in the wood of the huge catapult. The picture was a great success.
Title: Italian: Catapulta The Catapulttitle QS:P1476,it:"Catapulta" label QS:Lit,"Catapulta" label QS:Len,"The Catapult"
Credit: http://prerafaelit.narod.ru/gal4/photo20.htm
Author: Edward Poynter
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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