The Late Roman Empire Playing Cards

Discover the history of the Late Roman Empire (4th-7th centuries CE) through a deck of cards featuring hand-drawn illustrations of 54 different historical figures from the Late Roman Empire that not only include Eastern and Western Roman emperors, empresses, commanders, and commoners but characters from other powers of the time such as the Germanic barbarian kingdoms and the Sassanid Persian Empire.

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About the Cards

Play all your favorite card games in this follow-up deck to the Historical Figures of the Byzantine Empire Playing Cards which features unique and beautifully hand illustrated cards depicting full-body portraits of historical figures from the Late Roman Empire (4th-7th centuries CE). These figures include a variety of emperors, empresses, generals, soldiers, and commoners not only from the Eastern and Western Roman Empires of late antiquity but from other powers of the time such as the Sassanid Persians and Germanic people including the Goths and Vandals as well as objects from the era. Enjoy the deck and over 300 years of a colorful history.

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Playing Cards

Contains 55 cards in total: 52 playing cards, 2 jokers, 1 intro card.
The back section of all cards in the deck depicts the ceiling mosaic of the 6th century Archbishop's Chapel in Ravenna, Italy.
54 cards have an individual drawing of a character from the 300+ years of Late Roman history whether an emperor, empress, courtier, general, soldier, clergyman, commoner, and even foreign warriors and rulers.
The cards will show you all the different and fascinating attire worn by people in the Late Roman Empire as well as ornate objects through the centuries in which some of you may not even recognize.
All cards come with a quick description of who or what is depicted on them and what time period in Late Roman history they came from.
The box of the cards depicts the 5th century Western Roman empress Galla Placidia in front together with the emperor Julian (r. 361-363), and behind is the Western Roman emperor Procopius Anthemius (r. 467-472). All these 3 mentioned historical figures are featured in the cards too!