Sarcophagus Analysis

I am going to analyze: “Sarcophagus Depicting a Battle between Soldiers and Amazons (Warrior Women),” Gift of the Ages Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund in honor of Peter C. Marzio. This fascinating sarcophagus was built in details, with the width of 232.4 centimeters, the height of 102.9 centimeters, and the length of 128.3 centimeters, and it is built with marble. This magnificent sarcophagus, designed as the final resting place of a Roman military commander, is decorated with a battle scene between soldiers and Amazons, the legendary warrior women of the ancient world. On the top of the sarcophagus, there are five lion heads each side, reveal their opening mouth with four sharp front teeth. In the middle of the sarcophagus, it is showing the
During this time period, there was something called tetrarchy which means rule by four. This is a form of government, however, it is heavily impact how art appear to be during this time. Tetrarch often appear on both coins and statues. Just like this sarcophagus appear to be, there are four sides predicting the battle’s outcomes. Specifically, on each side of the sarcophagus is representing a different scenario, gives the audiences a better understanding/visuals. The standing figures on the side of the sarcophagus are the soldiers, they are well-equipped with various weapon in order to strike the battle. Most of them have helmet, short tunics, and cuirass (plates of body armor). The mark of high ranking officers are knotted on their belts. Most of these soldiers are equipped with swords on their right hand to strike/attack, and their left hand is equipped with a round shield to defend themselves. On the other hand, the Amazons are equipped oppositely. Most of them are on their horses, dressed in light robe, and equipped either with axes or spears on their right hand to strike/attack and a crescent-shaped shield on their left hand to protect