10-01-2012, 04:27 PM
My weekly search through Flickr has brought up a special item this week:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
This is one of only two actual depictions of this pairing prior to the introduction of the Secutor.
The other one is a Relief pictured in Junkelmann and dated to the frist halve of the 1st century AD.
In both depictions the Retiarius is wearing a chiton and armed with dagger and trident.
It is not clear if the Retiarius in the relief is wearing any protection on his left arm, but on this oil lamp I would consider the oval shape on the left shoulder either as an abstract depiction of the classic shoulder guard or as a shoulder guard prototype.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
This is one of only two actual depictions of this pairing prior to the introduction of the Secutor.
The other one is a Relief pictured in Junkelmann and dated to the frist halve of the 1st century AD.
In both depictions the Retiarius is wearing a chiton and armed with dagger and trident.
It is not clear if the Retiarius in the relief is wearing any protection on his left arm, but on this oil lamp I would consider the oval shape on the left shoulder either as an abstract depiction of the classic shoulder guard or as a shoulder guard prototype.
Olaf Küppers - Histotainment, Event und Promotion - Germany
