Pompey with his army suprises the camp of Mithridates VII, king of Pontus, near the Euphrates; at the time the moon stood just above the horizon and behind the Romans, so the long shadows thrown before the Romans made the Mithridates' soldiers miscalculate the distance of the Romans when they threw their javelins
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Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
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Date
1500
Location
France
Source
National Library of the Netherlands
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Public Domain Marked