In ima iecoris fibra

Death of Julian, by EthicallyChangeded

Cum Iulianus (...) audenter effunderet semet in pugnam, clamabant hinc inde candidati (quos disiecerat terror) ut fugientium molem tamquam ruinam male compositi culminis declinaret, et (incertum unde) subita equestris hasta, cute brachii eius praestricta, costis perfossis, haesit in ima iecoris fibra. (Ammianus Marcellinus, Res gestae. XXV, 3, 6)

ὑπ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐφοβήθη

Alexander the Great mosaic - remastered, by EthicallyChallenged

Δαρεῖος δέ, ὡς αὐτῷ τὸ πρῶτον ὑπ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐφοβήθη τὸ κέρας τὸ εὐώνυμον καὶ ταύτῃ ἀπορρηγνύμενον κατεῖδε τοῦ ἄλλου στρατοπέδου, εὐθὺς ὡς εἶχεν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος ξὺν τοῖς πρώτοις ἔφευγε. (Ἀρριανός, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, II, 11,4)

Σκύλλης λισσὴ πέτρη

Scylla by EthicallyChallenged

ἄλλα δ᾽ ὄπαζον
κύντερα μιξοδίῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥαιστήρια νηῶν.
τῇ μὲν γὰρ Σκύλλης λισσὴ προυφαίνετο πέτρη,
τῇ δ᾽ ἄμοτον βοάασκεν ἀναβλύζουσα Χάρυβδις.

(Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος, Ἀργοναυτικά IV, 920-3)

ἐμὸς τέθνηκεν ἀδελφεός

The Griffin Warrior at Pylos

Καὶ γὰρ ἐμὸς τέθνηκεν ἀδελφεός, οὔ τι κάκιστος
Ἀργείων: μέλλεις δὲ σὺ ἴδμεναι: οὐ γὰρ ἐγώ γε
ἤντησ᾽ οὐδὲ ἴδον: περὶ δ᾽ ἄλλων φασὶ γενέσθαι
Ἀντίλοχον, πέρι μὲν θείειν ταχὺν ἠδὲ μαχητήν.

(Ὅμηρος, Ὀδύσσεια IV, 199-202)

Barbarae arae

Wodan Sacrifice, by EthicallyChallenged

Adiacebant fragmina telorum equorumque artus, simul truncis arborum antefixa ora. lucis propinquis barbarae arae, apud quas tribunos ac primorum ordinum centuriones mactaverant. (P.Cornelius Tacitus, Annales I, 61)

Ad internecionem

The Teutoburg Forest, by Veovisiones.

Exercitus omnium fortissimus, (...) inclusus silvis, paludibus, insidiis ab eo hoste ad internecionem trucidatus est, quem ita semper more pecudum trucidaverat... (M.Velleius Paterculus, Historia Romana II, 119,2)

Cecidit bello Variano

Photo by Agnete

Marco CAELIO Titi Filio LEMonia tribv BONonia
I Ordini LEGionis XIIX ANNorvm LIII Semissis
CECIDIT BELLO VARIANO OSSA

libertorvm INFERRE LICEBIT Pvblivs CAELIVS Titi Filivs
LEMonia tribv FRATER FECIT

(Marcus Caelius' epitaph, Rheinisches Landesmuseum)