Amazons in battle. Female warriors ride a quadriga four-horse chariot and battle Greek soldiers with sword, axe, spear, and shields. They wear tunics while the Greeks are naked. Combattimento delle Amazzoni. From a marble in the Borghese collection. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1847.

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