March ROMAN ARMY MONTH
Posted on: 3/1/2012
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ROMAN EMPIRE MONTH
Caesar!! Beware the Ides of March!! So Shakespeare tells us that Caesar was warned that trouble was coming. And what would be more fitting than to look into Roman figures during March?
The "Ides" of March is for the Romans March 15th. And on that day Caesar the de facto ruler of the Roman Republic was murdered on the steps of the Senate in an attempt to preserve the Republic. This, perhaps sadly, failed to do more than kill Caesar and bring on civil war and the end of the Republic. Octavian, later Augustus Caesar would prevail and become the first Emperor.
But Julius himself, who we remember on the 15th, had quite a personal record. In fact, if you were to collect a single model figure from his lifetime and events he personally touched it would fill a large display shelf all by itself. We are fortunate that the Russian master artists who do works for art studios associated with Lead Army received a 'classical' education. Often their works turn to such subjects even if they are not constantly present in the collectible artwork market.
In his day Caesar expanded Roman Gaul until it was bordered by the Rhine river and the English Chanel. Thus many Celtic warrior figures from Gaul are available as well as Early Germans, Danish (Angles), and Ancient Britons with their early chariot armies. But, he also fought a civil war with Pompey the Great. He fought in Greece with some allies, in Asia with allies, in Egypt with Cleopatra and her army. In Spain with local Spanish troops as well as the legions. Either for or against Caesar you will find almost every military organization on the shores of the Mediterranean sea!
And, if you were to add in some of his political partners..like Crassus from the triumvirates, the list only gets larger. For it was Crassus who fought Spartacus and the Slave Army and who went down swinging fighting the Parthian Empire when it was his lot to expand the Republic to the East when Caesar went West.
Since so many spectacular figures come from the era around Julius Caesar and as Lead Army has pioneered in exceptional Roman background buildings, we have declared March to be ROMAN EMPIRE MONTH. It will not be until later this year that our 2nd piece of the Roman Forum series is released. The Arch of Septimus Severus. This will be equally as magnificent as the Roman Senate building pictured above but we hope it will set new standards for supporting buildings in this art medium. Yes Caesar, the "Ides of March have come, but they are not yet gone" And with that spirit of keeping history alive to teach us all its lessons Lead Army thanks you for your support and attention.
ROMAN EMPIRE MONTH
Caesar!! Beware the Ides of March!! So Shakespeare tells us that Caesar was warned that trouble was coming. And what would be more fitting than to look into Roman figures during March?
The "Ides" of March is for the Romans March 15th. And on that day Caesar the de facto ruler of the Roman Republic was murdered on the steps of the Senate in an attempt to preserve the Republic. This, perhaps sadly, failed to do more than kill Caesar and bring on civil war and the end of the Republic. Octavian, later Augustus Caesar would prevail and become the first Emperor.
But Julius himself, who we remember on the 15th, had quite a personal record. In fact, if you were to collect a single model figure from his lifetime and events he personally touched it would fill a large display shelf all by itself. We are fortunate that the Russian master artists who do works for art studios associated with Lead Army received a 'classical' education. Often their works turn to such subjects even if they are not constantly present in the collectible artwork market.
In his day Caesar expanded Roman Gaul until it was bordered by the Rhine river and the English Chanel. Thus many Celtic warrior figures from Gaul are available as well as Early Germans, Danish (Angles), and Ancient Britons with their early chariot armies. But, he also fought a civil war with Pompey the Great. He fought in Greece with some allies, in Asia with allies, in Egypt with Cleopatra and her army. In Spain with local Spanish troops as well as the legions. Either for or against Caesar you will find almost every military organization on the shores of the Mediterranean sea!
And, if you were to add in some of his political partners..like Crassus from the triumvirates, the list only gets larger. For it was Crassus who fought Spartacus and the Slave Army and who went down swinging fighting the Parthian Empire when it was his lot to expand the Republic to the East when Caesar went West.
Since so many spectacular figures come from the era around Julius Caesar and as Lead Army has pioneered in exceptional Roman background buildings, we have declared March to be ROMAN EMPIRE MONTH. It will not be until later this year that our 2nd piece of the Roman Forum series is released. The Arch of Septimus Severus. This will be equally as magnificent as the Roman Senate building pictured above but we hope it will set new standards for supporting buildings in this art medium. Yes Caesar, the "Ides of March have come, but they are not yet gone" And with that spirit of keeping history alive to teach us all its lessons Lead Army thanks you for your support and attention.
