Ivusti LipsI De militia Romana libri qvinqve : commentarivs ad Polybium
A scholarly Latin treatise on the Roman army by Justus Lipsius, printed in Antwerp in 1630 by the Plantin press, with commentary on the Greek historian Polybius for scholars of ancient warfare. The pictures are small woodcut and engraved diagrams of Roman military emblems, such as standards, tokens and a rolled banner, drawn with clean outlines and simple geometric shapes. A designer might take their compact, schematic style for icons, heraldic-style badges, or ancient-military motifs.
