*’achilles’ in his chariot rides over the body of the slain ‘hector’*
(1815 painting)
(located in the ‘throne room’ of ‘reggia di caserta’)
(‘the royal palace of caserta’)
(southern italian kingdom)
‘the trojan war’
‘achilles’ vs ‘hector’
*painting by ‘antonio raffaele calliano’*
(italian painter)
(1785 – (sometime after) 1824)
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(‘single combat’ is a ‘duel’ between 2 single warriors which takes place in the context of a battle between 2 armies)
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(often, it is ‘champion warfare’ – with the 2 considered the champions of their respective ‘sides’)
(instances of single combat are known from ‘classical antiquity’ + ‘the middle ages’)
(the ‘champions’ were often combatants who represented larger ‘spectator groups’)
(such ‘representative contests’ + stories thereof are known worldwide)
(typically, it takes place in the ‘no-man’s-land’ between the opposing armies, with other warriors watching / themselves refraining from fighting until 1 of the 2 single combatants has won)
(but ‘single combat’ could also take place within a larger ‘battle’)
(both ‘ancient / medieval’ warfare did not always rely on the [‘line / phalanx’ formation])
(‘the iliad’ notably describes the battles of the ‘trojan war’ as a series of single encounters on the field)
(the medieval code of ‘chivalry’ – [partly inspired by this] – encouraged the ‘single comba’t between individual knights on the battlefield, in which the loser was not usually killed but taken captive for ‘ransom’)
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(this tradition ended in the ‘1300s’ due to the use of the ‘long-bow’ + the ‘pike square’ against ‘mounted knights’ (as in ‘battle of crécy’ / ‘battle of laupen’) + the tradition of ‘single combat’ was continued away from the battlefield, with the pas d’armes + the early modern ‘duel’)
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👈👈👈☜*“XXX”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥