Naked Roman Rudiarius gladiator with wooden sword or rudis after earning his freedom, In onyx. Gladiatore. In onice. 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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