Colchester vase where is it

You can decide for yourself if this sounds convincing or not. If the vase is not a local product after all, the difficulty disappears. It is worth questioning how certain the clay analysis is. Can we be sure that the vase was not, in fact, manufactured abroad? Furthermore, the name Secundus is not written above the first beast fighter, but rather both names are inscribed above the second one.

This could suggest that neither name refers to these figures. There are also grounds for concluding that the two sets of names were inscribed by two different hands. Perhaps the vase was originally decorated with generic scenes, and Secundus had the names of two contemporary gladiators inscribed on it after he had bought it.

Perhaps at a later date, or even once Marius had died the find context was a grave, after all he dedicated it to his friend Marius. This still does not solve the problem of the 30 th legion, but it does indicate how information in museum displays and guidebooks very often glides over difficulties and gaps in knowledge.

Younger children are usually very good at asking questions and interrogating adults on how they know what they claim they know. In the next panel, we see the brutality of the games, with two Bestiarii, one armed with a whip and the other w ith a pair of clubs, fighting a Bear. Possibly the most fascinating aspect of this celebrated ancient artwork is that it has been inscribed with the names of four of the performers in this event. It truly is an object of great archaeological and artistic importance.

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