Print, book-illustration, Tobias Stimmer, 1574

The gladiatorial contests organised in jerusalem by herod; a square formed by arcades, with two obelisks at centre; in foreground gladiators fighting bulls, bears and lions; in background a chariot; illustration to 'flavii josephii des hochberühmten jüdischen geschichtsschreibers historien und bücher', strasbourg: rihel, 1578. 1574 woodcut. Date: 1574. Dimensions: Height: 108 mm Width: 150 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Josephus. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1927,0430.40)