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Photographer: Karin S. Tate
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Inscription translates to "To the infernal gods. Aelius Marcion doctor (trainer) and primus pilus (expert gladiator) made this monument for the well-deserving Anicetus, provocator spatharius (armed with a spatho or spectatus, seen by the people)". Dates to the second half the the 2nd century CE (Velestino, 2015).
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Attributed to Karin S. Tate under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Marble funerary stele for the gladiator Anicetus shows him standing in an open doorway framed by the two door leaves. He stands frontally in a contrapposto stance with his weight balanced on his left leg. He wears a provacator helmet, a loincloth (subligaculum) and a small pectoral. On his left leg he wears a metal greave (ocrea) that goes above the knee. In his right hand he holds a short sword, and in his left a rectangular shield (scutum). Below is an inscription telling that his trainer put up the monument. The red paint in the letters is a modern addition, while the red paint in the filed around his image is ancient. D(is) M(anibus) Aniceto prov(ocatori) sp(athario or spectato?) Ael(ius) Marcion doc/ tor et primus (scil. palus) b(ene) m(erenti) f(ecit)
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