barbazona

Updated: May 10, 2025

This ancient veteran, with his back to the field, was the fugitive Æneas, leaving Troy behind. And these, around me, belonged to the columns of Barbazona, scattered at Legnano by the revengeful Milanese. Cobweb, and thick dust, and faded parchment had somewhat softened those elder events; but in their day they were tangible, practical, and prosaic, like this scene.

George Alfred Townsend - Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,: and His Romaunt Abroad During the War