Roman gladiators lamp
This Roman oil lamp shows a classical fight of two gladiators in attack position. The Roman oil lamp is made from a find from the 1st century AD in reddish clay with the plastic representation of a pair of Roman gladiators in the mirror and a decorative rank decoration.
- Length of the oil lamp about 14 cm
- description for handling is enclosed
- relief-like decorations
- antique look
By the way, the gladiator games, which were extremely popular with the Romans, originated from the fights at funeral ceremonies of the Etruscans: Here, heavily armed prisoners of war had to compete against each other as human sacrifices in a duel to the death, in order to reconcile the spirit of the deceased with their blood and to make the gods of the dead merciful. The first purely Roman gladiatorial combat took place in 264 B.C. A gladiatorial combat based on the Etruscan model was held as a sacrifice for the deceased senator Junius Brutus Pera. There were also many different types of gladiators, classified according to the weapons they fought with. On the website of the Forum Traiani you can read about the brave men and their fights!
The fights
So popular were the Roman gladiator fights that they naturally could not be missing in the visual arts. Often Roman oil lamps, as the various objects on these pages of the Roman store under the category of pottery and ceramics impressively show, were provided with reliefs or plastic representations from the everyday life of the Romans. For the oil lamps made of clay were in Roman antiquity ubiquitous light givers and found in every household in large numbers and variety.
Fuel of the oil lamp
Olive oil served as fuel, however, they can also be used with other edible oils. For protection, all oil lamps are glazed from the inside! You will also receive two spare wicks free of charge!
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