Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . adversaries is nowhere visible. This bas-relief is terminatedby the combat between a light-armed gladiator and a last beseeches the spectators to save him, but it appearsfrom the action of the principal figure that this is notgranted. The conqueror looks towards the steps of theamphitheatre; he has seen the fatal signal, and in replyprepares himself to strike. Between the pilasters o
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . adversaries is nowhere visible. This bas-relief is terminatedby the combat between a light-armed gladiator and a last beseeches the spectators to save him, but it appearsfrom the action of the principal figure that this is notgranted. The conqueror looks towards the steps of theamphitheatre; he has seen the fatal signal, and in replyprepares himself to strike. Between the pilasters of the door the frieze is combats are represented. In the first a Samnite hasbeen conquered by a Myrmillo. This last wishes to becomehis comrades executioner without waiting the answer fromthe people, to whom the vanquished has appealed; but thelanista checks his arm, from which it would seem that theSamnite obtained pardon. The following pair exhibits asimilar combat, in which the Myrmillo falls, stabbed to 238 POMPEII. death. The wounds, the blood, and the inside of thebucklers are painted of a very bright red colour. The. *3& swords, with the exception of that of Hyppolitus, areomitted ; it is possible that it was intended to make them ofmetal.
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