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Gladiator Mosaic
Ancient mosaic of gladiators in Galleria Borghese / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gladiator Mosaic is a famous set of 5 large mosaics of gladiators and venators and two smaller ones. The mosaics are dated to the first half of the 4th century[1] and are now installed in the Salone of the Galleria Borghese in Rome.[2] They were discovered in 1834 on the Borghese estate at Torrenova, on the Via Casilina outside Rome.[3] Prince Francesco Borghese Aldobrandini requested the excavations be completed.[4] It is believed to have decorated a cryptoporticus of an inner peristylum for a large domus.[5] The mosaics were removed from excavations and restored by Gaetano Ruspi and Filippo Scaccia in 1839.[4] These panels reinvigorated the Borghese Collection after it had shrunk following the sale of much of the collection to Napoleon I.[6]
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