- 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...
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hoplomachi when
battling a Thracian, and a
secutor when
matched against retiarii. The
oplomachi were a
designation or
possibly a
class of
Roman gladiator...
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fighting retiarii, the net-fighters) are arbelai; however, they have also been seen as the
scissores who
likewise may have been
matched against retiarii. Artemidorus...
- secutor, a
class of
gladiators in Rome. His
common opponents were thus
retiarii.
Fighters were
granted retirement or
freedom if they
showed great skill...
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scuppered Somali pirates?". Reuters. 12
February 2013 – via www.reuters.com. "
Retiarii". www.tribunesandtriumphs.org. "JET
LANDS SAFELY AFTER ATTACK ON CREW"...
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death for
putting on a poor show
chose to submit: Once a band of five
retiarii in tunics,
matched against the same
number of secutores,
yielded without...
- platform,
called a pons (bridge), may have been
constructed over water.
Retiarii usually fought secutores but
sometimes fought myrmillones.
There was an...
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Talamonius and Aurius, two
retiarii where Talamonius is
victorious and a Θ can be seen next to Aurius' head.
Above the two
retiarii is
another pair of gladiators...
- was
viewed as
effeminate due to his
light armaments. Accordingly, some
retiarii may have
trained as
Samnites to
improve their status.
Gladiators who fought...
- Quae ad
Latinitatis Humanisticae et
Recentissimae Proprietates Spectant" (
Retiarii editio supernumeraria) 2001: "De
Marco Antonio Mureto Oratore et Gallo...
