Gallic sketch

Salve,
a bit of improvement work on this old painting that has never been finished - purports to show Gallic horsemen of the second half of I century BC.
Hopefully I will finish this one and another that shows a horseman hunting a wild boar

another Gallic horseman

Salve,
I just 'cartoonized' another of my Gallic horsemen. Time frame is around  the Wars of the Second Triumvirate  ( 43 BC – 33 BC ), with the great battle of Philippi  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi  as the largest land battle of the Second Triumvirate (eg the life of one of the principal actors -Brutus by Plutarch here Plutarch Brutus   ).  HBO series 'Rome' season 2 did attempt to show the battle, but it was not the greatest reconstruction I daresay.

Polish readers can find a nice book on the battle of Philippi authored by Maciej Milczanowski titled 'Filippi 23 X 42 p.n.e.'  published bye Wydawnictwo Inforteditions from Zabrze  in 2006.


English readers can read Osprey's book by Si Sheppard amply  titled 'Philippi - 42 BC' osprey Philippi-42-BC 
 Reviewed on Amazon.com by R. Forczyk  - the entire review here:
amazon.com Forczyk Philippi

The great podcast (actaully just one great history of Rome in lectures) on the subject is here:  historyofrome the-second-triumvirate

Wounded Gaul

Salve,
 Several years ago I did a number of illustrations for a book on the battle of Philippi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi
Amongst many drawings and paintings I  did this particular of a  one wounded Celtic warrior on his equally grievously wounded horse.
I did it somewhat in a comics(cartoon, bande dessinée) style.

 Next shall be a horseman of Iberia of the same battle - :)