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The Gladiator Mosaic is a famous set of 5 large mosaics of gladiators and venators and two smaller ones. The mosaics are dated to the first half of the 4th century [1] and are now installed in the Salone of the Galleria Borghese in Rome. [2] They were discovered in 1834 on the Borghese estate at Torrenova, on the Via Casilina outside Rome. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 August 2024. A retiarius ("net fighter") with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor (79 AD mosaic). There were many different types of gladiators in ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters ...
Gladiator is a 2000 historical epic film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. It stars Russell Crowe , Joaquin Phoenix , Connie Nielsen , Oliver Reed , Derek Jacobi , Djimon Hounsou and Richard Harris .
The Dying Gaul, Capitoline Museums, Rome. The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian[1] (Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a copy of a now lost Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC) thought to have been made in ...
The second Gladiator II trailer comes with a huge reveal about the paternity of Lucius (played by Paul Mescal).. Warning: Spoilers for Gladiator II are below. The newly released trailer reveals ...
Pollice 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. The thumbs-down gesture in the painting is given by spectators at the Colosseum, including the Vestals, to the victorious murmillo, while the defeated retiarius raises ...
4.22 m × 7.675 m (13.8 ft × 25.18 ft) Location. National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila. The Spoliarium is a painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna. Luna, working on canvas, spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying gladiators. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid ...
Marble. Dimensions. 199 cm (78 in) Location. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight, by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1765. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Borghese Gladiator. The Borghese Gladiator is a Hellenistic life-size [1] marble sculpture portraying a swordsman, created at Ephesus about 100 BC, now ...