Boxers fighting in a ring, ancient Rome

Boxers fighting in a ring, ancient Rome. The pugilists wear cesti or battle gloves and short tunics. Gladiateurs: Pugilats chez les Romains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his L'antique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796

1796 18th Century Ancient Civilization Ancient Rome Boxers Boxing Glove Cestus Chez Deroy Gladiator Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur L. Labrousse Lantique Rome Ludi Pugilists Roman Empire Tunics

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