Battle of Aspern–Essling

Corybantian dance , the type of dance most likely danced on Gymnopedia festivals (image from Smith 's Dictionary of Antiquities ).

Enemies being killed and roasted in South America – engraving by Theodor de Bry (1592)

Marshal Lannes, Napoleon's oldest friend and most trusted commander, had both legs sheared off by a single cannonball at Aspern-Essling. Napoleon wept openly at his deathbed. It was also Napoleon's first battlefield loss — same week.