Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Above, Hippolitus, a Christian prelate is stripped to the waist, tied to the tail of a wild horse and dragged behind it; below, Roman soldiers throwing Calepodius, a Christian minister off a bridge into the Tiber. Engraving with etching, 1813.
Above, Hippolitus, a Christian prelate is stripped to the waist, tied to the tail of a wild horse and dragged behind it; below, Roman soldiers throwing Calepodius, a Christian minister off a bridge into the Tiber. Engraving with etching, 1813.
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Above, Hippolitus, a Christian prelate is stripped to the waist, tied to the tail of a wild horse and dragged behind it; below, Roman soldiers throwing Calepodius, a Christian minister off a bridge into the Tiber. Engraving with etching, 1813.

1813

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Hippolitus a Christian prelate tied to the tail of a wild horse & dragged to death. Caleopodius a Christian minister thrown into the river tyber by the Romans.

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