Barcelona Photoblog: Human Statue of Warrior, Las Ramblas, Barcelona. Another one here. My best guess would be that he's wearing a Roman outfit. It looks too elaborate for an ancient Greek.
Check out various armors and swords here.
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... and Roman it certainly is. It even says so on the "aquila", the eagle-bearing ensign on his right: "S(enatus) P(opulus)q(ue) R(omanus)", the senate and the people of Rome.
Posted by: liber | Mar 30, 2008 at 07:10 PM
Ah! Good catch.
Posted by: Isaac Schrödinger | Mar 30, 2008 at 07:20 PM