▁the ▁chief s ▁of ▁the ▁nation ▁and ▁the ▁bold est ▁spirits ▁of ▁the ▁lower ▁class ", ▁convinced ▁them ▁to ▁join ▁his ▁re bell ion , ▁and ▁then ▁" bound ▁the ▁whole ▁assembly ▁with ▁bar bar ous ▁r ites ▁and ▁strange ▁forms ▁of ▁o ath ." ▁ ▁Civil is , ▁T ac it us ▁writes , ▁" was ▁unus ually ▁intellig ent ▁for ▁a ▁native , ▁and ▁passed ▁himself ▁off ▁as ▁a ▁second ▁S ert or ius ▁or ▁Hann ib al , ▁whose ▁fa cial ▁dis figure ment ▁he ▁shared " — that ▁is ▁to ▁say , ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁one ▁eye . ▁He ▁fe igned ▁friendship ▁with ▁Emperor ▁V esp as ian ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁reg ain ▁his ▁freedom . ▁When ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁trib al ▁grounds ▁in ▁the ▁mar sh es ▁of ▁the ▁Bet uwe , ▁he ▁organized ▁the ▁revol t ▁he ▁had ▁long ▁been ▁planning . ▁ ▁Commission ▁ ▁The ▁painting ▁was ▁commission ed ▁for ▁the ▁gallery ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁city ▁hall ▁on ▁the ▁Dam , ▁finished ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 5 ▁( now ▁the ▁Royal ▁Palace ). ▁History ▁paint ings ▁were ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁highest ▁in ▁the ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁gen res ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁( a ▁view ▁Rem brand t ▁shared ), ▁and ▁the ▁Bat av ian ▁revol t ▁was ▁regarded , ▁and ▁rom antic ised , ▁as ▁a ▁prec ursor ▁of ▁the ▁recently ▁ended ▁war ▁against ▁the ▁Spanish . ▁In ▁ 1 6 5 9 , ▁when ▁John ▁Maurice ▁of ▁N ass au