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- A hoplomachus (pl. hoplomachi) (hoplon meaning "equipment" in Gr****) was a type of gladiator in ancient Rome, armed to resemble a Gr**** hoplite (soldier...
- have to cast at his opponent before closing for hand-to-hand combat. The hoplomachi were paired against the myrmillones or Thraeces. They may have developed...
- "anti-retiarius." Scissores wore a full-face helmet similar to that of the hoplomachi or the secutores, and wore heavy armor. They held a gladius in one hand...