"The Spoliarium" is perhaps the most iconic painting by a Filipino. In 1884, the Filipino painter, Juan Luna, earned the gold medal at the Exposicion de Bellas Artes in Madrid for this painting. It is a recreation of Roman circus, where dead gladiators are being dragged off by roman soldiers and dumped into the arena.
This painting was done painted in year 1883 and it attracts attentions worldwide a year after. Spoliarium is a Latin word referring to the basement of the Roman Colosseum where the fallen and dying gladiators are dumped and devoid of their worldly possessions.
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