Sujet
Relief of Immortals, the Apadana, Persepolis, Iran
Légende
Relief of Immortals, the Apadana, Persepolis, Iran. The Immortals were an elite royal guard within the Achaemenid Persian army. Only ethnic Persians or Medeans could be members of the unit which, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, always numbered precisely 10,000 men. The Immortals fought against the Greeks at the battles of Marathon and Thermopylae, and were defeated by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC.
Date
1996
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Vivienne Sharp
Notre référence
HRM19D57_326
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (3,4Mo) / 44,8cm x 28,0cm / 5286 x 3304 (300dpi)