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“A hoplomachus, covered by a full body-height shield, was booed for remaining too static, his regular swipes from behind his protection bored the crowd; they preferred faster action, though the fighters themselves knew it was best to conserve as much strength as possible.”
“It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his defeat to the referee), and one of a matched pair.”
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Kinds of Gladiators
Only recently discovered there were many varieties, apparently distinguished largely by how they were armed. Many of these were taken from this Wikipedia list of Roman gladiator types, and from thi...
murmillo, gallus, thraex, hoplomachus, retiarius, secutor, laquearius, Samnite, bestiarius, bustuarius, dimachaerus, eques and 8 more...
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Roman Gladiators
laquearius, hoplomachus, parmula, thraex, murmillo, secutor, retiarius, paegniarius, subligaculum, balteus, greave, manica and 36 more...
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