De Romana Republica, Sive De Re Militari & Civili Romanorum: Ad explicandos Scriptores antiquos
De Romana Republica is a 1707 antiquarian treatise by Pierre Joseph Cantel, published for scholars reading ancient Latin authors on Roman war, civic life and religion. Its engravings reconstruct Roman spectacles, gladiatorial combat, religious rites and military equipment in dense, labelled scenes. A designer could draw on their crowded compositions, numbered figures and classical costume for historical settings, borders or period diagrams.
