Historia Alexandri Magni, 5.1.7-8

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Literature: prose
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Historia Alexandri Magni, 5.1.7-8
Quotation
quippe Babylona, urbem opulentissimam, dedi cernentibus: iam Susa, iam cetera ornamenta regni, causam belli, victorem occupaturum.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Realm surrounding Babylon in the Persian Empire
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Location: City
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Architecture
Medium/a Ornamenting
City of Susa and other cities. Later in the passage, direct references are made to gold and to buildings, but this probably also includes other visual works such as sculpture
Notes
The wider passage
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