French Imperial Eagle
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The French Imperial Eagle was a figure carried into battle as a standard by the Grande Armée of Napoleon I during the Napoleonic Wars. Although they were presented with regimental colours, Napoleon's
An Imperial Guard eagle on display at Louvre des Antiquaires
1810 painting of Napoleon distributing the eagles on 5 December 1804
French Imperial Eagle of a regiment of the Grande Armée
So-called "wounded Eagle" (fr. aigle blessée), Eagle damaged by enemy fire, on display at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris
Aquila (Roman)
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An aquila was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer", carried this standard. Each legion carried o
Roman ornament with an aquila (100–200 AD) from the Cleveland Museum of Art
A modern reconstruction of an aquila
Roman imperial eagle from the 2nd century AD, possibly from Trajan's Forum, in the outer portico of the Basilica of the Holy Apostles in Rome
Eagle and weapons from an Augustan-era funerary monument, probably that of Messalla (Prado, Madrid)