The Raid on Troy (Sacco di Troia)

Sacco di Troia, 170-180 d.C.
Cavallo di Troia - dipinto murale, 1538
“The destruction of Troy can be seen on the front and sides of the sarcophagus. Such an subject is extremely rare on Roman sarcophagi and can probably be pinned down to the Middle Antonine age. In contrast to the frenetic movement of the battle scenes, the right side is filled with a static scene of funeral mourning.”
"The Iliupersis (Greek: Ἰλίου πέρσις, Iliou persis, "Sack of Ilium"), also known as The Sack of Troy, is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Epic Cycle, that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the Iliou persis comes chronologically after that of the Little Iliad, and is followed by the Nostoi ("Returns"). The Iliou persis was sometimes attributed by ancient writers to Arctinus of Miletus (8th century BCE). The poem comprised two books of verse in dactylic hexameter."