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Lionel Royer's 1899 painting "Vercingetorix Throws Down his Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar" appears to depict reasonably accurate Celtic and Roman war gear. What sources, archaeological or otherwise, would Royer have drawn from to inform his depiction?

by /u/Epilektoi_Hoplitai in /r/AskHistorians

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