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Identifier: iconesimperatorv01golt (find matches)
Title: Icones imperatorvm romanorvm, ex priscis numismatibus ad viuum delineatae, & breui narratione historicâ
Year: 1645 (1640s)
Authors: Goltzius, Hubert, 1526-1583 Gevaerts, Jean-Gaspard, 1593-1666 Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Subjects: Emperors Emperors Numismatics, Roman
Publisher: Antverpiae, Ex officina plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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gra-dibus extruch.is,ex quibus.populus fpe&abat. Amphitheatrum enim vndique rotundum eft,ita appellatum Gra:ce, quod ludi in eo circumquaque fpe&entur. Etiam illud fciendum eft,eos qui cum beftiis pugnabant,potiffimum fuifle Chriftianos, qui cum hoftibus in bello ca-ptis morti erant adiudicati. Nee vero putes pugiles hofce inftar globi beftiis fuifTe obie&os.Nihil hercle minus. Oportebat enim voluptatem ex dilaniatione diutina captare. Atque idquidem in hunc modumfiebat: Inprimis circuli pauimentum arena, confternebatur, quxfanguinem-illico imbiberet, ne pugiles eo inficerentur, aut populus ab iftiufmodi pugnis ab-horreret. Deinde in theatrum pugiles feminudi inuehebantur vnico armati pugione:tumfarnelica: beftia: antris emitcebantur. Prseterea fuauitcr canere ac variis inftrumentis muficisludere incipiebant, ne miferorum lacrymis populus commoueretur. Adeo ethnici in humanavifcera faruierunt. De his plurain M.Iulio Philippo, pag.78 & moxin Conftantino,pag.i34. LXVL HI
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Cum vna cunrLicinio breui tempore Imperio pr^fuiflet,ab Conftantino oceifus eft. R 3
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