- The
murmillo (also
sometimes spelled "mirmillo" or "myrmillo", pl. murmillones) was a type of
gladiator during the
Roman Imperial age. The
murmillo-class...
- type,
which by Tacitus' own time had been
developed and
renamed as the
murmillo. The
dimachaerus (Gr**** διμάχαιρος, "bearing two knives") used a sword...
- hoplomachus, with his Gr**** equipment, were
usually pitted against the
murmillo,
armed like a legionary,
mimicking the
opposition between Roman soldiers...
- follow, come or go after") was
armed similarly to the
Murmillo gladiator and like the
Murmillo, was
protected by a
heavy shield. A
secutor usually carried...
- some sort,
possibly usually as a woman, and
matched against a
secutor or
murmillo in a mock
gladiatorial exhibition."
Despite their low status, some retiarii...
-
probably the most po****r type, was
renamed secutor and the Gaul
renamed murmillo, once
these former enemies had been
conquered then
absorbed into Rome's...
- Republic. Eventually,
other gladiator types joined the roster, such as the
murmillo and the Thraex.
Under the
reign of
Emperor Augustus,
Samnium became an...
-
weapons were the
spear and a
short sword. He was
often pitted against the
murmillo (armed like a
Roman soldier),
perhaps as a re-enactment of Rome's wars...
-
spectators at the Colosseum,
including the Vestals, to the
victorious murmillo,
while the
defeated retiarius raises two toes to
plead for mercy. The painting...
- was
known as the 'Dying' or 'Wounded Gladiator', 'Roman Gladiator', and '
Murmillo Dying'. It has also been
called the 'Dying Trumpeter'
because one of the...
