Lugdunum (Lyon, France)
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Lugdunum (Lyon, France)
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These photographs were taken of archaeological sites and objects in Lyon, France, the ancient city of Lugdunum.
Collection Items
Amphitheatre
The Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls of Lugdunum was built in 19 CE and financed by C. Julius Rufus, a citizen of the city of Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes, France), priest of Rome and Augustus, as evidenced by a dedicatory inscription. It was part of…
Gladiators Graffiti
These are two examples of graffitti left on the wall of a house. They date to the second half of the 2nd century CE. We cannot say for sure but they are either secutors or murmillos. However, we know that their helmets covered their faces to protect…
Blue glass cup with gladiators fighting
This partially preserved blue glass cup features a relief of fighting gladiators. An inscription above the figurative scene names the gladiator. The cup was made between the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.
Oil lamps with gladiatorial scenes
This is a terracotta oil lamp featuring a murmillo gladiator. We can identify the gladiator with his distinctive helmet with a fish-scale like protrusion on the top.
Oil lamps with gladiatorial scenes
This is a terracotta oil lamp featuring a scene of gladiators in combat. The right gladiator is fighting with an oblong shield and a short sword, he may be a secutor type or a murmillo. The figure on the left fights with a round shield and long…
Charioteer medallion
This is a terracotta medallion featuring a scene of a victorious charioteer in his quadriga or four-horse chariot. The man holds a laurel wreath and palm branch in air as a sign of his victory. We see another charioteer in the distance behind him,…
Jar with medallion depicting a victorious charioteer
This terracotta jar has a fragment of a medallion featuring a charioteer on a quadriga. There is an inscription on the right that may identify the charioteer. He holds a palm branch in one of his hands, while the other half of his torso is lost,…
Circus Mosaic
This mosaic captures the chaos of eight chariots racing in a circus. There are two representatives from the four factions: blue, green, red, and white. It appears as if one of the green and red charioteers have fallen in different areas of the…
Circus Mosaic
This mosaic captures the chaos of eight chariots racing in a circus. There are two representatives from the four factions: blue, green, red, and white. It appears as if one of the green and red charioteers have fallen in different areas of the…
Circus Mosaic
This mosaic captures the chaos of eight chariots racing in a circus. There are two representatives from the four factions: blue, green, red, and white. It appears as if one of the green and red charioteers have fallen in different areas of the…
IIIF Manifest
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