Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . a Light tunic without sleeves, bound round the hips, andcalled subucula. It was the dress of the common people,. as we learn from the sculptures on Trajans column. Thecompanion of this man has transfixed a bull, which flies, 240 P03IPEII. carrying with him the heavy lance with which he is turns his head towards his assailant, and seems to wishto return to the attack; the man by his ges
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . a Light tunic without sleeves, bound round the hips, andcalled subucula. It was the dress of the common people,. as we learn from the sculptures on Trajans column. Thecompanion of this man has transfixed a bull, which flies, 240 P03IPEII. carrying with him the heavy lance with which he is turns his head towards his assailant, and seems to wishto return to the attack; the man by his gestures appearsastonished, beholding himself disarmed and at the mercy oithe animal, whom he thought mortally stricken. Pliny(lib. viii. cap. 45) speaks of the ferocity shown by bulls in thesecombats, and of having seen them, when stretched for deadon the arena, lift themselves up and renew the following cuts represent the helmets of two of thefigures at large, and the greaves, or boots.
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