Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Fulham gladius or Mainz-Fulham gladius was a Roman sword that was used after Aulus Plautius' invasion of Britain in 43 AD. [24] The Romans used it until the end of the 1st century. The Fulham gladius has a triangular tip. The length of the blade is 50–55 cm (20–22 in). The length of the sword is 65–70 cm (26–28 in).
Gladius is a turn-based tactical role-playing game. [4] There are two main gameplay components — combat and a world map.The primary game mechanic tasks the player with building a school of gladiators and taking them into battle against opposing schools, winning regional tournaments so as to earn the right to compete in more prestigious tournaments.
A gladiator (Latin: gladiator ' swordsman ', from Latin gladius 'sword') was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and social standing by ...
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword [2]) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). [3] Gladiolus italicus, Behbahan, Iran. It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually called by its generic name (plural gladioli). [4]
A gladius (Latin, 'sword') is the primary sword of Ancient Roman foot soldiers. Gladius may also refer to: Gladius (cephalopod), a hard internal bodypart found in certain cephalopods; Gladius, a synonym for a genus of molluscs; Gladius, a tactical role-playing video game; Suzuki SFV650 Gladius, a motorcycle
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. A retiarius ("net fighter") with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor (79 AD mosaic). There were many different types of gladiators in ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters ...
Combat between a Murmillo and a Samnite.. A Samnite (Latin Samnis, plural Samnites) was a Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a warrior from Samnium: a short sword (), a rectangular shield (), a greave (ocrea), and a helmet.
The Iberian Celts' best known weapon was the gladius Hispaniensis, which was eventually adopted by the Romans as their own standardized gladius. The very name, too, may derive from the Celtic root *kledo-, meaning "sword". The Romans described the spear of the Gauls with the word gaesum, a Latinisation of the Gaulish *gaisos.