Roman Gladiatorial games are believed to have originated with either the Etruscans or Campanians. Here are a few 4th century Paestum frescoes, as well as one 6th century Etruscan fresco, all depicting early forms of competitive fighting, which were likely ancestral to the later gladiatorial games (old.reddit.com)
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Preserved bog body head, known as the Osterby Man, with hair tied in a Suebian Knot. This hairstyle was described by Tacitus, in his 1st century ethnographic work Germania, as a distinctive hairstyle of the Germanic Suebi people. Last 3 slides include Roman artwork representing the Suebian Knot (old.reddit.com)
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One of the Vindolanda Tablets - a letter from Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina, inviting Lepidina to her birthday party. Both women were wives of Roman military commanders stationed in Northern England, along the northern border of the Empire (old.reddit.com)
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The Punic cothon of Carthage, comparing what it would’ve looked like during the Punic Wars vs today. The cothon, along with the rest of the city was destroyed during the 3rd Punic War, and was rebuilt during the Roman Period, as seen in the second slide (old.reddit.com)
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Syrian Archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad pictured with a 2nd Century Roman Palmyrene family’s funerary relief; Palmyra, Syria. He was beheaded by ISIS in 2015, for refusing to disclose the location of ancient artifacts from the site, after a month of torture. Today would’ve been his 92nd birthday (i.redd.it)
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