The Gladiator's Victory by Benjamin Hulme-Cross

Author:Benjamin Hulme-Cross
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472907905
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

GLADIATOR TYPES

To make the fights more interesting gladiators were trained up to be a certain type of fighter who would wear specific types of armour and use specific weapons. This meant that the organisers could pair types of gladiator together knowing that they were evenly matched. There were loads of gladiator types, but here are three different types:

EQUITE

An equite was a gladiator who rode a horse in the arena, based on a mounted Roman cavalryman. He wore a round helmet with a metal grill across his face, a spear that could be used as a lance or to throw, a short sword and a small round shield. Equites only ever fought other equites in the arena.

RETIARIUS

The easiest gladiator to recognise, the retiarius wore very little armour and no helmet or shield. On the plus side this meant he could run faster. He carried a long trident in one hand and a net in the other, with a dagger in his belt. The trident was used for jabbing, and occasionally throwing, while the net was used either to tangle his opponent or snatch his weapon away.

SECUTOR

A secutor only ever fought in the arena with a retiarius. He had a smooth helmet with two eye-holes that was unlikely to get snagged in a net but which restricted his view terribly. Otherwise he carried a large, curved shield and a sword.

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