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Soldiers belonged to the small landowners class. They received land in exchange for the military services they offered the Empire. Soldiers, detail from an ivory relief from Brescia, Italy. 4th century.Per concessione dei Civici Musei d' Arte e Storia di Brescia. Crippa, M., Zibawi, M., L' art paleochretien: Des Origines a Byzance, Editions Zodiaque Desclee de Brouwer, Paris 1998, pl. 58. © Commune di Brescia Direzione Civici Musei d' Arte e Storia |
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