Gladiators: Types and Training - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBMost representations of gladiators in Roman art depict scenes of combat in the arena and include a pair of combatants fighting for the entertainment of a crowd. However, there is more than meets the eye to these moments of action and gore.
Pollice Verso (Gérôme) - Wikipedia
WEBPollice Verso (from Latin: with a turned thumb) is an 1872 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the eponymous Roman gesture directed to the winning gladiator.
Ancient Roman Gladiators - The Colosseum
WEBBelow you will find a list of the most recognizable ones: Murmillo, heavily armored gladiators that used a large, oblong shield and a sword called a gladius. Their most distinctive trait was the full-cover helmet decorated with a fish-shaped crest.
Marble relief fragment with gladiators | Roman | Imperial | The ...
WEBGladiatorial shows were essentially a Roman phenomenon, but their popularity quickly spread to the Greek cities of the eastern part of the Empire. This fragmentary relief with its Greek inscription is evidence for the existence of gladiators in the Greek-speaking world.
25 Images of Roman Gladiators - World History Encyclopedia
WEBJun 28, 2024 · This gallery features images of Roman gladiators. In ancient Rome, gladiators were professional combatants who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire by violently confronting other gladiators and wild animals.
Roman Gladiators Art for Sale - Fine Art America
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Relief with Gladiators | Yale University Art Gallery
WEBRoman depictions of gladiators often showed the combatants poised at the instant where combat stopped for the crowd to decide whether or not to spare the loser, emphasizing the spectators' active control over life and death.
Category:Gladiators in art - Wikimedia Commons
WEBApr 12, 2021 · A Roman gladiator painted on a glass beaker, from Roman Egypt, found in Begram, It dates to the 1st century AD and is part of the Begram Treasure, Afghanistan, Guimet Museum, Paris (49281012952).jpg 2,712 × 4,096; 15.99 MB.
Terracotta statuette of a gladiator | Roman | Imperial | The ...
WEBRoman. 1st–2nd century CE. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 168. The gladiator wears protective body armor and carries a shield and short sword. He can be identified by the helmet with eyeholes as a secutor, who was usually matched against a retiarius wielding a trident and net.
Retiarius - Wikipedia
WEBA retiarius (plural retiarii; literally, "net-man" in Latin) was a Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a fisherman: a weighted net (rete (3rd decl.), hence the name), a three-pointed trident (fuscina or tridens), and a dagger (pugio).
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