Ivsti LipsI Satvrnalivm sermonvm libri dvo, qvi de gladiatoribvs
A 1604 Antwerp treatise by the scholar Justus Lipsius, printed by the Plantin press, on Roman gladiators and their combat, aimed at classical scholars and antiquarians. The engravings show gladiators in fighting scenes, formal duelling pairs, and battle melees arranged in tidy numbered or labelled panels, giving designers a clear reference for armour, weapons, crowded arena action and stylised figure poses.
