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The Death of Camilla, depicting an episode from Virgin's Aeneid, contains motifs to which Poussin would be able to return for the composition of his first Roman painting: warriors striding into the battle from the side with their weapons drawn, soldiers falling backwards onto the ground or already felled, troops hurling spears - all of these appear both in the drawing and in the painting Joshua's Victory over the Amorites.
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