Roman pottery lamps with Gladiator and Athletic motives

[Olaf]

I have recently put my collection of pictures from the Römisch Germanisches Museum Cologne on Flickr:
The Gladiators:

[url:15xwi5tz]http://www.flickr.com/photos/40060535@N05/sets/72157623148558825/[/url]

And the boxers and wrestlers:

[url:15xwi5tz]http://www.flickr.com/photos/40060535@N05/sets/72157623273259674/[/url]

[Olaf]

If my identification of this Armatura as Essedaruis is correct, this would be the only iconographic evidence of these gladiators using spears or javelins except for the Graffiti from Pompeji.

Higher resolution:
[url:m2k7tv0q]http://www.flickr.com/photos/40060535@N05/4299336423/sizes/l/[/url]