Battle of the Second Punic War between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio in November 218 BCE

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The wounded Scipio (?) in armour, surrounded by soldiers and two men in civil dress. Colour aquatint with etching by J.T. Prestel, 1782, after Polidoro da Caravaggio.

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The wounded Scipio (?) in armour, surrounded by soldiers and two men in civil dress. Colour aquatint with etching by J.T. Prestel, 1782, after Polidoro da Caravaggio.