this is like, ambrosia for the soul.
One think I noticed is, either the guy on the defensive has really really big teeth, or exaggerated mouth shapes were used as costuming in their battle helmets. And they’re fighting on top of at least one body, so it must have been one heck of a battle.
I can’t imagine doing this without some sort of magnification.
Back then war was in your face and very personal.
Read “The Western Way of War”. It is all about hoplite warfare in classical Greece. Later than this, but VERY vivid.