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). Detail of the scene from the upper half of the mosaic. 3rd century AD. From Rome (Italy). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

---

Size: 4488px × 2030px
Photo credit: © Prisma Archivo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 3rd, ad, age, ancient, antiquity, archaeology, arena, art, astyanax, century, combat, combats, death, detail, encourage, europe, european, fight, fighting, games, gladiator, gladiatorial, gladiators, history, inscription, italian, italy, kalendio, lanista, limestone, man, master, men, mortal, mosaic, net, net-fighter, retiarius, roman, romans, rome, secutor, shield, society, spain, strongman, sword, tessera, tile, tiles, times, trainer, type, vicit, weapon, word