Grave-mounds and their contents; a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods (1870)
Fig. 224. this pottery given in one of Mr. Artiss plates, represents theBritish staghound of the Roman period chasing a stag. We DUROBRIVIAN OR CASTOR WARE, J59 have a different dog in other examples, as in fig. 225, whichis taken from a very remarkable vessel of this ware, nowknown as the… … also introduced in some examples of this pottery. Gladia-torial combats are also favourite subjects on the potterymade at Durobrivae, as on the Samian ware, and they leaveno doubt that these cruel and degrading exhibitions werecherished by the Romans in Britain as well as in Italy.That very…
Mounds · Megalithic monuments
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