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Mosaic showing a retiarius (net-fighter) named Kalendio fighting a secutor named Astyanax, 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid)
The secutor Astyanax and the retiarius Kalendio are engaged in a fight to death. The lanista, master of gladiators, cheers them on. The outcome is shown above and confirmed by the inscriptions; the word VICIT appears beside Astyanax, and beside Kalendio's name is an O with a line through it, an abbreviation for Obiit or death.
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Original image by Carole Raddato. Uploaded by Carole Raddato, published on 26 November 2014 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Raddato, C. (2014, November 26). Retiarius Gladiator Mosaic. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3273/
Raddato, Carole. "Retiarius Gladiator Mosaic." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 26, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3273/.
Raddato, Carole. "Retiarius Gladiator Mosaic." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 26 Nov 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
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