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| Titles |
Funerary Stele of Gladiator, Anicetus: |
| Name |
Karin S. Tate |
| Type of Resource |
still image |
| Genre |
Relief |
| Abstract |
Marble funerary stele for the gladiator Anicetus shows him standing in an open doorway framed by the two door leaves. He stands frontally in a contrapposto stance with his weight balanced on his left leg. He wears a provacator helmet, a loincloth (subligaculum) and a small pectoral. On his left leg he wears a metal greave (ocrea) that goes above the knee. In his right hand he holds a short sword, and in his left a rectangular shield (scutum). Below is an inscription telling that his trainer put up the monument. The red paint in the letters is a modern addition, while the red paint in the filed around his image is ancient.
D(is) M(anibus)
Aniceto prov(ocatori) sp(athario or spectato?)
Ael(ius) Marcion doc/
tor et primus (scil. palus)
b(ene) m(erenti) f(ecit) |
| Physical Location |
Capitoline Museum, Rome |
| Form |
nonprojected graphic |
| Note |
Inscription translates to "To the infernal gods. Aelius Marcion doctor (trainer) and primus pilus (expert gladiator) made this monument for the well-deserving Anicetus, provocator spatharius (armed with a spatho or spectatus, seen by the people)". Dates to the second half the the 2nd century CE (Velestino, 2015). |
| 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 |
--Roman--Relief--Stele--Funerary--Gladiator--Equipment--Inscription--Red--Marble--Munera------2nd c. CE |
| Note |
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarium (CIL) VI, 10183; Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae (ILS) 5110.
Junkelmann, M. Das Spiel mit dem Tod. So kämpften Roms Gladiatoren. Mainz, 2000, p. 92, 114-116 and fig. 167.
Sabbatini- Tumolesi, P. Epigrafia anfiteatrale dell’ occidente romano I. Rome, 1988, p. 62 ff, no. 59.
Velestino, Daniela. La Galleria Lapidaria dei Musei Capitolini. Rome, 2015. Cat no. NCE 109, p. 97 and fig. 72. |