Fresco depicting the battle at the amphitheater of Pompeii between Pompeians and Nucerians in 59 CE,
Fresco depicting the battle at the amphitheater of Pompeii between Pompeians and Nucerians in 59 CE, which, according to Tacitus (Annals XIV.17), led to the Roman Senate’s banning gladiatorial games at Pompeii for ten years. From the Casa della Rissa nell'Anfiteatro (I, 3, 23), Pompeii; now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. -- source link
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