Relief of arena with lions, Miletus, Aydin, Turkey
Roman marble relief of an arena scene with lions in the Miletus Museum, Miletus, Aydin, Turkey. The Romans used lions in their arenas for entertainment, for fights with other animals or gladiators and for damnatio ad bestias, capital punishment for criminals. Miletus was an Ancient Greek city on the Western coast of Anatolia. Although settlement began here millennia ago, its heyday was in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The city was finally abandoned in the Ottoman era when the harbours silted up. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13428412
Media ID
45102538
Size
4914px x 4876px
(12.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
