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THE CAPITOLINE GAUL, A STORY OF AN HONOURABLE DEFEAT

In the Capitoline Museums, inside the Gladiator’s Hall, stands the Statue of the Capitoline Gaul. This masterpiece celebrates the power and the pride of a warrior when defeat arrives. This piece of work, which is from the 3rd century BC, represents a barbarian, an enemy of both Greek and Roman civilization, who is dying after a glorious and honourable defeat. The deep meaning Greeks and Romans wanted to express through this statue is that the men battled great enemies and victory was impossible to reach in this case, but he battled the same in the best way possible to try to reach his goal despite the great obstacle.

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