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Roman bronze fibula, figure of Gladiator Andabatae browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Bronze: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1163205
J. Bagot, numismatica y arqueologia. Paseo de gracia n 55-57, 1 (tienda 16) Boulevard dels anticuaris. 08007 Barcelona, Spain 0034934961765 Guest Book SOLD |
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| Roman Empire, 2nd century A.D. Little fibula whit a figure of Gladiator Andabatae. Needle lost, otherwise intact. The Andabatae were not the usual gladiators who had been trained in one of the Gladiator Schools - they were the noxii who had been sentenced to death in the arena. These were hapless criminals who provided comic relief to the audience. They wore helmets without any openings for the eyes. They fought completely blind, manoeuvred closer and closer together by arena attendants, lashing out and slashing blindly at each other. These fights would have been fought for the amusement of the crowd. Perhaps as a fill-in to keep the spectators amused. A morning event. Not in the same league as the gladiatorial combats which were the highlight of the day. The Andabatae fought to the death with perhaps the possibility of the 'last man standing' being allowed to walk out through the Gate of Life. Andabatae who fell to the arena floor would be burnt with a hot iron to check that he was really dead. If there were any doubts a Colosseum attendant, dressed as the Charon the ferryman to the underworld, would smash the wounded gladiator on the head with a double-headed hammer Size: 4 cm H. Provenance: - Ex. Private English Collection, 1980. Ref: RB8. Price: 250 euros. | ||||||
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