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myrmillones
fought with helmet, oblong shield, sword, fish crest on helmet
usually fought the retiarius or Thracians
retiarii
lightly clad, armed with a net and trident
usually fought Myrmillones or Secutores
samnites
oblong shield, visored helmet, sword
thracians
small round shield, curved scimitar
bestiarii
hunters -- fought wild beasts
essedarii
rode chariots with 2 horses (bigas)
andabatae
heavily armed, but couldn’t see out of visored helmet
laquearii
armed with lasso and a curved piece of wood
secutores
“pursuers” - like Samnite but without neck protector
hoplomachi
full-armed with a breast-plate and visored helmet
rudis
wooden sword given to gladiators on their retirement
lanista
gladiator trainer
editor munerum
giver of games
arena/harena
sand put down to absorb the blood from a gladiator match
venationes
hunts where bestiarii fought wild beasts
premere pollicem
to press the thumb against the forefinger - crowd wants to spare gladiator’s life
vertere pollicem
turning the thumb upwards or towards the chest - to signify the death stroke
gladiator fights were brought to Rome in…
264 BC
gladiator fights were originally only at…
funerals
naumachiae
mock naval battles - arenas were flooded
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