Gladiatorial combat in the Roman Circus. The victor in helmet lifts the naked body of his slain opponent off the ground and shows him to the crowd. Gladiatori. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

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