Roman Sculpture of an African Acrobat (Illustration)

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by The British Museum
published on 09 March 2018

Roman Sculpture of an African Acrobat — This marble sculpture from Rome, Italy dates to sometime between the 1st Century BCE and the 1st Century CE. It portrays a young male Aethiopian, or black African, acrobat balancing on a crocodile. (British Museum, London)

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