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Gladiator Borghese after Lysippos (ca. 370-310 BC) by Agasias of Ephesus (ca. 100 BC) reproduced after an original in the Louvre Museum, Paris. In ancient Rome, the emperor and even ordinary people used to visit the gladitorial games where slaves were killed in bloody fights, just like Spanish people who enjoy seeing the fighting of bulls today. The gladiators were forced to fight each other with swords and shields in a large round arena till the end of the death. It's cruel that the gladiator who lost the fight but survived would still be killed, if the emperor signaled with his thumb. When Christianity became the official religion of the Empire, the game was abolished. Made from a high quality resin that allows the smallest of details, this beautiful statue measures 11"H.

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