Roman Graffito on Via Appia

Iconography | IC654

Find Spot: Villa below the basilica of San Sebastiano, Via Appia, Rome

Date of Illustration: Second/third century CE

Description: Graffito scratched on wall showing two gladiators fighting to the sound of the hydraulis, tuba and cornu.

Citations:

Mercurelli, C., 1938. Bydraulus graffito su epigrafe sepolcrale del cimeterio di Commodilla. Rivista di Archeologia cristiana. Citta del Vaticano, p.95. Perrot, 1971, p.78, fig. 3

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