Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.

  • Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
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M.D.L.X. [1560]
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43430i
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Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Marcus Atilius Regulus defeated the Carthaginians and captured Tunis, but offered impossibly severe terms. He was then defeated at the battle of Tunis and was captured; this event ended the African expedition. He was sent to Rome to arrange the exchange of prisoners and tortured on his voluntary return to Carthage

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Venetiis [Venice] : Apud Joannem Franciscum Camocium, M.D.L.X. [1560]

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1 print : line engraving

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Attilius Regulus insignis fidei argumentum

References note

Stefania Massari, Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit, Roma: Palombi, 1993, p. 151

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43430i

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Attributed tentatively by Massari to G.B. Scultori

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