The gladiators did not lack panache! Dated from the 1st century AD. BC, the helmet of the Thracian fighter which welcomes the visitor to the Nîmes exhibition impresses with its refinement: crest decorated with a silver Medusa head and stamped feathers, griffin emerging from the top of the skull to frighten the adversary and summon Nemesis, the divinity venerated by the gladiators…
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