- The
Thraex (pl.: Thraeces), or Thracian, was a type of
Roman gladiator armed in
Thracian style. His
equipment included a parmula, a
small shield (about...
- but the
emperors refuse and plot to
conquer Persia and India.
Senator Thraex hosts a
party for the emperors,
featuring a
gladiatorial duel.
After Hanno...
- tall,
oblong shield in the
legionary style.
Murmillones typically fought a
thraex, but
occasionally the
similar hoplomachus. A
parmularius (pl parmularii)...
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order to
prevent calluses and blisters. The
murmillo usually fought the
thraex (Thracian) or hoplomachus, with whom he
shared some of the
equipment (notably...
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Thrax or
Thraex (Latin
borrowing of
Ancient Gr**** Θρᾷξ "Thracian") may be
Historical figures:
Dionysius Thrax (c. 170-90 BC), a ****enistic grammarian...
- secutor-based
types such as the
Murmillo were secutarii.
Lighter types, such as the
Thraex, were
equipped with a smaller,
lighter shield called a parma, from which...
- challenge. His
usual opponent was the murmillo, but he
might fight the
thraex in
exceptional cases.
Justus Lipsius conjectured that it was one of two...
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Spartacus (/ˈspɑːrtəkəs/; c. 103–71 BC) was a
Thracian gladiator (
Thraex) who was one of the
escaped slave leaders in the
Third Servile War, a
major slave...
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right arm,
loincloth (subligaculum).
Detail of
Gladiator mosaic showing a
Thraex and a
Murmillo gladiator fighting, each
wearing distinct armor and Subligaculum...
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possibly Thrace, from the
Hadrianeum The
shorter sica as the
weapon of the
Thraex gladiator (Gallo-Roman mosaic, 1st century)
Dacian warfare Dadao Falcata...
