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A retiarius stabs at a secutor with his trident in this mosaic from the villa at Nennig, c. 2nd–3rd century CE.. A retiarius (plural retiarii; literally, "net-man" in Latin) was a Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a fisherman: a weighted net (rete (3rd decl.), hence the name), a three-pointed trident (fuscina or tridens), and a dagger ().
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. A retiarius ("net fighter") with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor (79 AD mosaic). There were many different types of gladiators in ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters ...
The retiarius was lightly equipped in order to evade the secutor's attacks, attempting to exhaust the secutor. The match-up dramatized an encounter between the "fisherman" (retiarius) and a "fish" (secutor). The retiarius used his net to catch the secutor who was equipped with fish-themed armor bearing scaly patterns and smooth contours. [2]
Secutor and retiarius were classes of gladiator, routinely pitted against each other. The retiarius was typically armed with a fishing net and trident while the secutor was heavily armed but would ...
A retiarius stabs at a secutor with his trident in this mosaic from the villa at Nennig, Germany, c. 2nd–3rd century AD. Roman glassware decorated with a gladiator, dated 52–125 AD and found at Begram , Afghanistan, a royal city of the Kushan Empire where, according to Warwick Ball , it was likely on its way to Han dynasty China via the ...
In the late Republic and early Empire, various types of "fantasy" were introduced as well as opposing but contrasting types of gladiators who were different but complementaryː e.g., the agile Retiarius ("net man"), bareheaded, armored only on his left arm and shoulder, used the net and trident and then charged with his dagger at the more ...
The next fight is between the retiarius Entinus and the secutor Baccibus under a horizontal trident. The incitator Astacius raises a whip and is positioned between Baccibus and the next pair of gladiators. Astivus, the hoplomachus, lies on the ground while the retiarius Astacius stands above him about to inflict the killing strike.
Retiarius vs Secutor, the two gladiators lying are dead, as signified by the theta nigrum.. The theta nigrum (lit. ' black theta ') or theta infelix (lit. ' unlucky theta ') is a symbol of death in Greek and Latin epigraphy. [1]