Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 373
ld be reached either from the vaultedpassage (4) which gave admission to the lower portions, orfrom the terrace (10) which ran all round, access to it fromoutside being given by the stairways (11, 12). The heightof the terrace above the exterior ground was small, thearena and cavea being hollowed… … The gladiator in back view is a Threx (see No. 398); he isa left handed fighter. The other, a Murmillo or Gaul, wears ANTIQUITIES 325 a visorless helmet, and has a six-sided shield. The Threx,who has got the worst of it, has dropped his shield, as onNo. 398. The dark circle represents the hole by…
Classical antiquities
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