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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 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 murmillo (also sometimes spelled "mirmillo", "myrmillo", or "mirmillones" pl. murmillones) was a type of gladiator during the Roman Imperial age.The murmillo-class gladiator developed in the early Imperial period to replace the earlier Gallus-type gladiator, named after the warriors of Gaul (Latin: Gallus, lit.
Rome is unable to conquest Sabaean kingdom of Ancient Yemen or coercing the incense states (Himyarite Arab kingdoms) of the Arabian Peninsula to become Roman client states. 25 BC Siege of Eudaemon - The supporting Roman fleet, after crossing the Gulf of Aqaba , occupied and sacked the port of Aden , securing the Roman merchant route to India in ...
Roman military tactics evolved from the type of a small tribal host-seeking local hegemony to massive operations encompassing a world empire. This advance was affected by changing trends in Roman political, social, and economic life, and that of the larger Mediterranean world, but it was also under-girded by a distinctive "Roman way" of war.
The scissor (pl. scissores) was a type of Roman gladiator. [1] [2] [3] Very little is known about them [4] [5] and they were not mentioned after the first century BCE. [3] [1] The name, from the verb scindere ("to cut") means cleaver, carver, or slasher. [6] [1] [7] [4] Historian Marcus Junkelmann identified what he termed a scissor in a relief ...
Individual Ancient Roman sportspeople, including gladiators, gladiator trainers, athletes, wrestlers, etc. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The dimachaeri (singular: dimachaerus) were a type of Roman gladiator that fought with two swords ().The name is a borrowing into Latin of Ancient Greek διμάχαιρος dimákhairos 'bearing two knives' (δι-di-'two' + μάχαιρα mákhaira 'knife').
Secutor Mosaic, 4th century AD, showing a retiarius or "net fighter", with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor Knife handle in the form of a secutor, showing the distinctive shield, helmet, and sword. A secutor (pl. secutores) was a class of gladiator in ancient Rome.