A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 81
a and Gnaeus Papirius (85 B.C.). The contests in the arena were not limited to those betweengladiators. Combats of animals, and of men with animalstnjoyed equal popularity. In the latter case the men might behunters (venatores), lightly armed, and able to escape by agilityand skill. They might also… … Fig. 60.—Gladiators DischargeTicket (No. 174). L. If in. Pig. 61.—Man and Bear(No. 177). this Case, of about the time of Augustus, which, though fragmentary,evidently relate to exhibitions of this kind. A better and morecomplete example is the sculptured relief from Ephesus (No. 176)with four…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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