During the siege of Nertobriga, Rhetogenes, who has defected to Metellus, orders his own children killed who have been brought to the shelled city wall by the people of the city. Metellus refuses to kill the children and ceases the siege. Noble conduct of Caecilius Metellus, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, Amsterdam, 1797, paper, etching, h 205 mm × w 132 mm

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