12-31-2004, 09:55 AM
David's Oath of the Horatii was quite influential here , I think (David was a contemporary of Napoleon)<br>
<img src="http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/110images/sl19_images/david_oath_of_hor.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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However, the Roman equivalent seems to have been much looser- eg the statue of Marcus Aurelius.<br>
<img src="http://www.utexas.edu/courses/romanciv/Romancivimages16/marcus.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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Cheers<br>
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Paulus <p></p><i></i>
<img src="http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/110images/sl19_images/david_oath_of_hor.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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However, the Roman equivalent seems to have been much looser- eg the statue of Marcus Aurelius.<br>
<img src="http://www.utexas.edu/courses/romanciv/Romancivimages16/marcus.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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Cheers<br>
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Paulus <p></p><i></i>