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This is a detail of the so-called "War Scene" of the Standard of Ur. This detail is the right end of the top register. Sumerian soldiers wearing flounced skirts lead prisoners of wars...

From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC This object was found in one of the largest graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, lying in the corner of a chamber above the right shoulder of a man. Its original function is not yet...

Detail (middle part of the top and middle registers) of the so-called "War Scene" of the Standard of Ur, a (reconstructed) hollow box, the precise purpose of which is unknown. From the Royal Cemetry of...

An artist's representation of how frontline officers and legionaries of the Roman army may have looked in action.

This coin issued by Emperor Samudragupta (335/350 – 370/380 CE) of the Gupta dynasty shows him wearing a Scythian-style coat, trousers and cap and Indian-style necklace and earrings. He has a halo around his head...

Sun disk made of bronze used as a ceremonial standard, from the pre-Hittite period (Hatti). These objects were used in religious ceremonies and were found in the royal tombs of Hattian times unearthed in Alacahöyük, 2500-2250...

Tombstone of Gnaeus Musius, standard-bearer of Legio XIV Gemina, 1st century CE. Landesmuseum, Mainz.

A close-up of the "Standard Inscription" of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, from the North-West palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu; biblical Calah), northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Neo-Assyrian...

Standard of Legion IX Hispana Punta Umbría, a Roman army reeanctor group.

The Roman army, famed for its discipline, organisation, and innovation in both weapons and tactics, allowed Rome to build and defend a huge empire which for centuries would dominate the Mediterranean world and beyond. Overview...