Caption:
Tarquin the Elder of Rome sending burning boats to defeat the Sabines and Etruscans, 6th century BC. The legendary fifth king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, points to the Sabine camp with his sword. Victoire de Tarquin l'Ancien sur les Etrusques par l'incendie du Pont de bateaux qui les joignoient. Copperplate engraving by David Weis after a design by Gabriel de St. Aubin from Professor Joseph Rudolf Zappes Gemalde aus der romischen Geschichte, Pictures of Roman History, Joseph Schalbacher, Vienna, 1800. German edition of Abbe Claude Francois Xavier Millots Abrege de lHistoire Romaine.