Sujet

Roman mosaic

Légende

Roman mosaic. Limestones. Secutor versus retiarius. Depiction of the mortal combat between the secutor Astyanax and the retiarius Kalendio. The lanista (gladiator trainer) encourages the combat. Astyanax was the winner (the inscription VICIT appears beside Astyanax). 3rd century AD. From Rome (Italy). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Date

05 juil. 2018

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG20B26_117

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

32,0Mo (5,8Mo) / 28,0cm x 28,6cm / 3307 x 3381 (300dpi)

Mots clés

word 3rd century 3rd century AD Astyanax Europe Italian Italy Kalendio Madrid National Archaeological Museum Roman Roman Times Roman society Romans Rome Spain VICIT ancient Rome ancient age ancient romans antiquity archaeology arena art combat death encourage european fight fight to the death fighting frieze fuscina gladiator gladiator fight gladiatorial combats gladiatorial games gladiators history inscription lanista letter limestone man master men mortal combat mosaic museum net net-fighter retiarius roman age secutor shield tessera tile tiles trainer tridens trident type word