Hanno arrives at the mercenary camp. "finally the standards of the republic appeared, that is to say, blue wooden sticks, ending in horses' heads or pine cones. The barbarians all stood up, applauding; the women rushed towards the legion guards and kissed their feet. " believing they were receiving their pay, the barbarians congratulated the carthaginian troops escorting the luxurious litter of the suffet hanno. Etching by eugène-andré champollion after a composition by georges-antoine rochegrosse for the chapter "à sicca" in the illustrated edition of gustave flaubert's novel, salammbô, paris, a. Ferroud, 1900. Date: 1900.
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