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An ancient Roman mosaic from the 4th century CE depicting an Amazon warrior in mounted combat against a Greek rider. The Greek is seizing the Phrygian cap of the Amazon. Cropped detail of a mosaic from Daphne, a suburb of Antioch on the Orontes (modern Antakya, Turkey), now on display in the Denon Wing of the Louvre Museum.
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Original image by Jacques Mossot. Uploaded by Jan van der Crabben, published on 30 January 2020 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Mossot, J. (2020, January 30). Mosaic of Amazon Warrior Fighting Greek Rider. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/11792/
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Mossot, Jacques. "Mosaic of Amazon Warrior Fighting Greek Rider." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 30, 2020. https://www.ancient.eu/image/11792/.
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Mossot, Jacques. "Mosaic of Amazon Warrior Fighting Greek Rider." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 30 Jan 2020. Web. 17 Jan 2021.
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