Gladiatorial table. 2nd century AD. Inscription of a speech by Marcus Aurelius before the Senate in which recommends lowering the prices of gladiatorial games and laments the benefits of entrepreneurs and what they owe in taxes. Bronze. Detail. From Italica (Santiponce, Seville province, Andalusia, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

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