Etruscan man votive 100 BCE

"They were not yet done with these pressing tasks when a fresh war broke upon them. The Aequians, Volscians, and Latins burst into their territory all at once, and the Tuscans laid siege to Sutrium, a city allied with Rome. The military tribunes in command of the army, having encamped near Mount Marcius, were besieged by the Latins, and were in danger of losing their camp. Wherefore they sent to Rome for aid, and Camillus was appointed dictator for the third time."

-Plutarch, The Parallel Lives: The Life of Camillus, Ch.33

Painted terracotta head of an Etruscan man, from a votive deposit at the Manganello river, c.100 BC, Cerveteri Necropolis.


Source:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/526499012683612706/?lp=true

 

Quote:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Camillus*.html#33

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