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The angled ground supplies a plausible elevated view; a tight crop contains anonymous terrain. The six cohort masses share one diagonal advance but remain separated by five irregular ground gaps; the nearest five legionaries plant both sandals and grip shield handles or pila. Each of the four resolved horses has a planted hoof; the nearest bends through its turn while its rider remains seated in a four-horned saddle. Four cavalrymen occupy the space directly between the advancing fourth line and the five exposed missile troops. All five missile troops stand directly behind the departing cavalry with feet grounded and both hands occupied by bows or sling cords. The rightmost Caesarian cohort reaches the Pompeian flank, where shield rims physically press against two opposing shields. Dust begins beneath marching sandals and pivoting hooves, then thins upward across the more distant infantry. Resolved legionaries are about 1.7 m tall; cavalry horses stand about 1.5 m at the shoulder. It is Roman 9 August 48 BCE, equivalent to early June on the proleptic Julian calendar: Late-Republican wool tunics, dust-dulled iron mail, bronze or iron helmets, leather sandals; cavalry in comparable Roman military dress.; Wooden hide-faced shields, iron bosses, ash pila, bows, sling cords, wool, iron mail, leather tack, packed soil.; Six infantry cohorts maneuvered as a separate reserve line; four-horned cavalry saddles, reins, pila, bows, and slings.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "urgent tactical collapse at the exposed flank. 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