This fourth-century B.C.E. bronze shows the devastating effects of ancient boxing, in which, according to the Rome exhibition catalog, “the resistance of the boxer . . . engaged in exhausting fights, during which ‘wound was given for wound,’ was extolled as a fine example.”
Lo mfanekiso uqingqiweyo wobhedu wenkulungwane yesine ngaphambi kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo ubonisa imiphumo emibi yomdlalo wamanqindi, apho, ngokutsho komboniso wamaRoma, “ukuxhathisa kwembethi manqindi . . . eyayinganikezeli ebudeni bomlo xa ‘iimbethi manqindi zazixhimfana’ kwakungumzekelo omhle.”jw2019 jw2019