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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1514631, member: 39&quot;]That painting has a political background. In the 17th century the ancient Batavi were considered the forefathers of the Dutch, and Rembrandt&#039;s work (Conspiracy of the Batavi under Civilis) tries to draw some parallels: Just as the Batavi fought against the Roman Empire, the Dutch as the &quot;new Batavi&quot; fought against Spain - and Willem van Oranje became the new Iulius (or Claudius) Civilis ...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavi_(Germanic_tribe)#The_Batavian_myth" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavi_(Germanic_tribe)#The_Batavian_myth" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavi_(Germanic_tribe)#The_Batavian_myth</a></p><p><a href="http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/mythen/english/niederl.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/mythen/english/niederl.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/mythen/english/niederl.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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