Gladiators Stage 8

Samnite

Wore visored helmet with high crest, leather or metal bands around arms and legs, large oblong shield (scutum) and a gladius

Murmillō

Fish head, wore crested helmet of a marine animal, short sword, large round shield, often paired with rētiārī

Rētiārius

Net-fighter, fought with trident (fuscina) and net (rētia) wore almost no armor with guard in left arm with large shoulder piece

Thracian

Lightly armored, small round shield (Parma) and curved sword (sica) helmet with large crest sometimes in shape if griffins 2 leg guards and paired with a heavily armed gladiator

Dimachaerus

Lightly armed with 2 swords

Secūtor

Chaser, wore round crested helmet with two small round eye holes. Often paired with rētiārī, right arm covered with protective leather or metal bands, short sword right hand large shield left hand. Metal leg guard left leg (ocrea)

Andabāta

Fought on horseback, armed with small round shield and a spear (spīculum) wore visored helmet without eyeholes

Bēstiārius

A beast fighter armed with vēnāulum (hunting spear)

Essedārius

Gladiator fought in a chariot

Laquerārius

Armed with only lasso, lasso fighter

Mūnera gladiātōria

Gladiatorial games

Suspīrium puellārum

“Girl’s heart-throb” refers to a gladiator who has won many matches and was popular with the ladies

Vēnātiō

A hunt of wild animals

Lanista

A trainer of gladiators

pollice versō

“With the thumb turned” signal to spare the losing gladiators

Rūdis

The wooden sword, symbol of freedom for a gladiator

What were gladiatorial combats originally part of

Funeral takes (a custom taken from the Etruscans)

First set of gladiatorial games took place during ____

The funeral games of Brutus Pera 264 BCE

Gladiatorial combats fought sine missiōne

“Without release” fought to the death

Gladiatorial combats took place in ___

Amphitheaters

Most famous amphitheater is ______

Amphiteātrum Flāvium, the colosseum

Who built the colosseum and why

Built by the empower Vespasian and dedicated to his son Titus

Which empower enjoyed competing in gladiatorial games

Commodus enjoyed dressing up as a gladiator and competing in the Amphitheatre

Describe the end of gladiatorial games

Empower Honorius decreed the end of gladiatorial combat in 399 AD and the last set took place in time on Jan 1st, AD 404