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Hoplomachus, depicted on a Roman glass found in the Begram treasure. A hoplomachus (left) fights a thraex (right) (Terracotta, British Museum).. A hoplomachus (pl. hoplomachi) (hoplon meaning "equipment" in Greek) was a type of gladiator in ancient Rome, armed to resemble a Greek hoplite (soldier with heavy armor and helmet, a small, round, concave shield, a spear and a sword).
Next is a smaller figure, Eliacer who is holding the reins of a partially preserved horse. Finally Pampineus stands heavily armed in the style of the hoplomachus. [13] Panel 4 of the Gladiator Mosaic Panel 6 of the Gladiator Mosaic. Stylistically the mosaic shares decorative elements and themes similar to other 3rd and 4th-century works of art.
X Factor Around the World is the 24th anniversary television special of RCTI, joining four continents' biggest versions of The X Factor reality singing competition—X Factor Indonesia (Asia), The X Factor USA (America), The X Factor UK (Europe) and The X Factor Australia (Australia).
One Direction gave Us some pretty memorable performances during their time on The X Factor UK. After auditioning as solo artists, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall ...
I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical was a musical comedy written by Harry Hill, [1] and Steve Brown. Based on the TV series The X Factor, the musical made its West End and world premiere in March 2014, at the London Palladium. Due to low ticket sales, it closed just 6 weeks and 3 days later on 10 May 2014, reportedly losing £4 million. [2]
True, "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe can’t return as Maximus (for obvious reasons), but “Gladiator II” is packed full of nostalgia, familiar characters and callbacks to the 2000 film.
It is also entirely possible that the dimachaerus was not a separate class of gladiator at all, but a sub-discipline within a class, or even a cross-discipline practiced by multiple classes. In the late Roman Empire, when references to dimachaeri first appear, many novelties and new gladiator types were being introduced to the arena, [ 4 ] and ...
Here's how "Gladiator 2" massages history in the name of cinematic drama: A break in the blood and gore: Pedro Pascal (left) jokes with "Gladiator II" director Ridley Scott and co-star Paul Mescal ...