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Picture No 11040740
Date 1924
Description Roman Revels in Nice - gala at Hotel Ruhl, Nice, 1924
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The Proconsular Banquet - Roman Revels in Nice. Bacchanalian antics in Nice in 1924 at an extravagant gala organised at the Hotel Ruhl. Directed by M. Paul Tissier, the event included wrestling with a live bear, the waiters dressed in togas, a bacchanale, a dance by Greek maidens, wrestling by gladiators and the sacrifice of a sheep!
Source Page from The Sketch, 13 February 1924
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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