lictor (redirected fromLictors) Encyclopedia lic·tor (lĭk′tər) n. A Roman functionary who carried fasces when attending a magistrate in public appearances. [From Middle Englishlittoures,lictors, from Latinlictōrēs, pl. oflictor; seeleig-inIndo-European roots.] ...
Cicero supported Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus as governor of Cisalpine Gaul (Gallia Cisalpina) and urged the Senate to name Antony an enemy of the state. The speech of Lucius Piso, Caesar's father-in-law, delayed proceedings against Antony. Antony was later declared an enemy of the state wh...
brought David international renown and confirmed his position as one of the finestneoclassical artistsin France. Although executed some four years before the French Revolution, and less overt in its message than David's later picture -The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons(1789) - ...
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons Jacques-Louis David, 1789 Self-portrait in the Guise of a Mockingbird Joseph Ducreux, 1791 Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss Antonio Canova, 1787 – 1793 Self Portrait Jacques-Louis David, 1794 ...
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