Image code: 32818

Gladiator mosaic. Detail with damnatio ad bestias scene

Detail of a triclinar mosaic floor in opus vermicularum showing a central part with geometric decoration and a frieze framing scenes from the gladiators' fights in the arena. The detail shows a torture called damnatio ad bestias, i.e. exposing prisoners of war to the ferocious beasts.

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