Spartacus Introduction Gladiators Samnis rectangular shield visored helmet

Spartacus Introduction Gladiators

Samnis • rectangular shield • visored helmet, often with plumes • sword • greave on left leg • big leather belt

Samnis • (later called hoplomachi)

Thrax • crested helmet with visor • greaves on both legs • arm protector • small shield • short, curved sword

Thrax

Retiarius • “netman” • trident, net • arm protector with high metal shoulder protector

Retiarius

Andabata • heavily armed • no eye holes in helmet

Andabata

Andabata

Myrmillo • sword and rectangular shield • greave on left leg

(or) Murmillo • high crest resembled a fish

“Morituri te salutant. ” “Those about to die salute you. ”

Lanista – manager of gladiators; owner of gladiatorial school • training area and barracks (Pompeii)

Removal of Corpse • after making sure gladiator is dead, slave hooks body

Editor – sponsor/giver of games • paid for games • determined which gladiators lived and died

gladiator raised finger to signal defeat

Tomb of the Augurs (in Tarquinia) – gladiatorial combats probably started as funeral games

munera – funeral games/offerings 6 th-century BC Etruscan wall painting

• Pollice Verso • Jean Leon Gerome (1872)

• venatio = hunt bestiarii = hunters

Identify the type of gladiator. s u i r a i ret samn is thrax

Vela • note vela above naumachia

Pretend that you're a gladiator. .