Stele with two Hellenistic soldiers of theBosporan Kingdom; fromTaman peninsula(Yubileynoe),southern Russia, 3rd quarter of the 4th century BC; marble,Pushkin Museum
A stele of Dioskourides, dated 2nd century BC, showing a Ptolemaic thureophoros soldier (wielding the thureos shield). It is a characteristic example of the "romanization" of the Ptolemaic army.