- The
Thraex (pl.: Thraeces), or Thracian, was a type of
Roman gladiator,
armed in the
Thracian style with a
small rectangular,
square or
circular shield...
- tall,
oblong shield in the
legionary style.
Murmillones typically fought a
thraex, but
occasionally the
similar hoplomachus. A
parmularius (pl parmularii)...
-
Thrax or
Thraex (Latin
borrowing of
Ancient Gr**** Θρᾷξ "Thracian") may be
Historical figures:
Dionysius Thrax (c. 170-90 BC), a ****enistic grammarian...
- 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...
-
order to
prevent calluses and blisters. The
murmillo usually fought the
thraex (Thracian) or hoplomachus, with whom he
shared some of the
equipment (notably...
- 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...
-
Pottery fragment depicting the
Thraex or
Thracian gladiator (right),
fighting a hoplomachus....
- as two
factions at the
gladiator fights. List of
Roman gladiator types Thraex "Gladiatorial types". www.durolitum.co.uk.
Archived from the
original on...
- Troy), and
later against the Rutulians. The
parmula was the
shield used by
thraex gladiators. It was also used by the
Roman vexilliferi or flag
bearers that...
- of an opponent's shield, and stab or
slash them in the back.
Since the
thraex gladiator's
usual opponent was the
scutum (large shield)
carrying murmillo...
