Roman statuettes depicting two African boxers

Roman statuettes depicting two African boxers fighting. On their hands, the boxers wear antique gloves (caestus), made of leather and wicker, sometimes enriched with metal plates, blades or spikes to increase brutality. Artifact dating back to the 1st century BCE; located in The British Museum (London, England).

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Gallic Wars Pugilatio – bloody sport of antiquity Second Punic War Conquest of Italy by Rome Cicero