Form a burial site in Lanuvium,475 BC The tomb of the warrior found in Lanuvium and dating from 475BC remains an exception within the general picture of Latium tombs from the 6th and 5th century BC.
Lanuvium was an ancient independent town in the vicinity of Rome, some 32 km south. In the 6th century BC it was part of Latin League and made several wars against Rome at the battle of Aricia (504 BC) and Lake Regillus (496 BC) and again in 383 and 341 BC. In 338 BC it was finally conquered by Rome.
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Lanuvium was an ancient independent town in the vicinity of Rome, some 32 km south. In the 6th century BC it was part of Latin League and made several wars against Rome at the battle of Aricia (504 BC) and Lake Regillus (496 BC) and again in 383 and 341 BC. In 338 BC it was finally conquered by Rome.
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This tomb stands out because, through modest and without grave gods, it contained the body of a military commander, buried with his arms and athletic equipment in a rough Peperino’s stone sarcophagus.
This combination of military and athletic ideals points to Greek cultural influence, hardly surprising during the years in which the cult of the Dioscuri -Castor and Pollux- after spreading through Latium, appears even in Rome.
Of the arms displayed in the toms are visible in the picture the bronze anatomic breastplate, the bronze parade helmet, silver, gold and glass paste, axe, a sword, three spear heads.
From the athletic equipment: discus, strigil, pouch for sand, alabaster flas.
Terme di Diocleziano Museum
This combination of military and athletic ideals points to Greek cultural influence, hardly surprising during the years in which the cult of the Dioscuri -Castor and Pollux- after spreading through Latium, appears even in Rome.
Of the arms displayed in the toms are visible in the picture the bronze anatomic breastplate, the bronze parade helmet, silver, gold and glass paste, axe, a sword, three spear heads.
From the athletic equipment: discus, strigil, pouch for sand, alabaster flas.
Terme di Diocleziano Museum
