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| Titles |
Relief with Gladiators: |
| Name |
Karin S. Tate |
| Type of Resource |
still image |
| Genre |
Sculpture |
| Abstract |
This fragmentary marble relief is broken away on three sides. It depicts a retiarius fighting a secutor. The retiarius stands on a platform (pons, or bridge), he holds a trident and knife in his left hand, and in his right hand he holds a stone which he is about to hurl at the secutor, who is mounting the ramp toward him. Between the feet of the retiarius is a pile of stones. The secutor wears a helmet with a plain crest and has a rectangular shield on his extended right arm and a gladius in his left. Although we can identify the types of gladiator as a retiarius and a secutor, when they fought for the possession of a platform as portrayed on this relief, they are called pontiarii (‘bridge men’). Inscriptions identify the gladiators as [Ἀγορ]άκριτος, '[Agor]kritos', left; and Μάρισκος, Mariskos, right. In the space below the pons the inscription reads ἀπελύθη ἔξω λούδου - 'Freed from the games or from the ludus'. |
| Physical Location |
Trieste Archaeological Museum |
| Form |
nonprojected graphic |
| Note |
Dates to c. 2nd-3rd century CE. The inscriptions record the names of the combatants and that one of them, most likely Agoraktritos the retiarius was freed not just from this combat but from the games or the ludus in general. |
| Access Condition |
Attributed to Karin S. Tate under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
| Access Condition |
CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
| Subject Local Name |
--Relief--Inscription--Roman--Ludi--Retiarius--Secutor--Trident--Knife--Weapon--Armour------2nd c. CE--3rd c. CE |
| Note |
Junkelmann M. 2000, Das Spiel mit dem Tod, Mainz.
Bacchielli L. 1989, “I pontiarii: una definizione per via iconografica”, dans L’Africa romana VII 1989, p. 769-772. |