10-17-2013, 05:16 PM
Hello everyone!
Concerning the whip in the world of the gladiatorial games we find it represented in a silver denarius of T. Deidius (113-112 BC) (Crawford 294/1), where in the back we can see two gladiators during a duel where one is going to hit the other with a whip (1).
Also, the gladiator called paegniarius, as specified in the book of Fik Meijer*, was armed with a whip and a curved stick and is probably the subject of a scene in the mosaic of Nennig (Germany) (2), where in the same mosaic we can also see a scene where a bear has thrown one man to the ground and other two try to drive the animal off hitting with their whips (3).
Another representation that comes to my mind is in "the Mosaic of the Great Hunt" from Villa del Casale in Piazza Armerina (320-330) in the scene of the capture where an officer whips a slave (4).
I hope this will be helpful.
Very best!
S.M.
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* Fik Meijer, The Gladiators: History's Most Deadly Sport ( 2007)
Concerning the whip in the world of the gladiatorial games we find it represented in a silver denarius of T. Deidius (113-112 BC) (Crawford 294/1), where in the back we can see two gladiators during a duel where one is going to hit the other with a whip (1).
Also, the gladiator called paegniarius, as specified in the book of Fik Meijer*, was armed with a whip and a curved stick and is probably the subject of a scene in the mosaic of Nennig (Germany) (2), where in the same mosaic we can also see a scene where a bear has thrown one man to the ground and other two try to drive the animal off hitting with their whips (3).
Another representation that comes to my mind is in "the Mosaic of the Great Hunt" from Villa del Casale in Piazza Armerina (320-330) in the scene of the capture where an officer whips a slave (4).
I hope this will be helpful.
Very best!
S.M.
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* Fik Meijer, The Gladiators: History's Most Deadly Sport ( 2007)
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SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
