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A retiarius stabs at a secutor with his trident in this mosaic from the villa at Nennig, c. 2nd–3rd century CE.. 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 net (rete (3rd decl.), hence the name), a three-pointed trident (fuscina or tridens), and a dagger ().
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 December 2024. 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 ...
Secutor Mosaic, 4th century AD, showing a retiarius or "net fighter", with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor Knife handle in the form of a secutor, showing the distinctive shield, helmet, and sword. A secutor (pl. secutores) was a class of gladiator in ancient Rome.
The medallion is dated by subject matter and style and to the period of the Roman empire, probably the late second or early third century. [4] The foreground depicts, at the left, a lightly armed retiarius, equipped with a net and trident, fighting a more heavily armed and armoured secutor at the right. [5]
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 ...
Individual Roman gladiators and gladiator trainers. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. S. Spartacus (1 C, 7 P) T.
Gladiators were trained in special schools and were armed according to the Roman standard or like some of Rome's enemies. This allowed for experimentation with different weapons and styles of combat. Some of the weapons were unusual, such as the net used by the Retiarius. Recreation of a combat between a thraex and murmillo in the Carnuntum ...
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 net (rete (3rd decl.), hence the name), a three-pointed trident (fuscina or tridens), and a dagger . The retiarius was lightly armoured, wearing an arm guard and a shoulder guard (galerus