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This large agate cameo found at Biesheim /Alsace (France) shows the emperor Commodus riding down the king of the Germanic tribe of the Quadi. In A.D. 179 the emperor Commodus and his father Marcus Aurelius held back the Quadi by blocking the passes over the Carpathian mountains – an action here turned into a propaganda scene.

 

M.P. Speidel, Commodus and the king of the Quadi, Germania78 (2000) 193-197.

P. Biellmann, Un bijou exceptionel trouvé à Biesheim. Ann.Soc.Hist.Hardt et Ried 3 (1988) 17-20.

S. Plouin, Musée gallo-romain. Aide à la visite (1995) 20-21.

 

 

 

 

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