A nude warrior lunges forward, his raised left arm once bearing a shield against an attacker on horseback, his right drawn back to strike. Despite the name, he is no gladiator. Found at Anzio before 1611 and signed by Agasias of Ephesus, it became one of the most copied antiquities, a model of anatomy for artists, and went from the Borghese collection to Paris in 1807.
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The signature, 'Agasias, son of Dositheos, of Ephesus, made it', is carved on the tree-trunk support. The right arm is a later restoration; sword and shield are lost.
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