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Gladiators at the Colosseum
Types of Gladiators at the Colosseum
The types gladiators at the Colosseum
were given the following names, their various fighting
styles are also detailed:
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- Andabatae (Sight
Restricted Gladiators) *** Bestiarii (Beast
Fighters) *** Dimachaeri (Gladiators
With Two Swords) *** Eques
(Horseback And Sword Gladiators) *** Gallus (Heavily armed Gladiators) *** Essedari (War-Chariot
Fighters) *** Hoplomachi (Armed
Fighters) *** Laquerarii (Lasso
Fighters) *** Murmillones (Gladius
and Shield Gladiators) *** Naumachiarii (
Combatants in Sea-fights)
- Provocatores
(Challengers Protected by a Breastplate) *** Retiarii (Net Fighters) *** Rudiarius (Free
Gladiators) *** Sagittarius (Mounted
Bowman) *** Samnites: (Large
Shields and Plumed Helmets) *** Secutores (Two Small
Eye-Holes in Helmet) *** Scissores (Carvers -
Short Swords) *** Thracian (Thrax Curved
Sword) *** Velites (Spear
Fighters)
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- "We who are
about to die, salute you!"
After the entry of the gladiators
at the Colosseum they would have saluted the
emperor shouting the ritual chorus of "Ave imperato morituri
te salutant!" which meant "We who are
about to die, salute you!" Gladiators were expected to
fight to the death, or at least demonstrate that they were
willing to die. The gladiators who fought in the Colosseum
and other Roman arenas had sworn a legal agreement by which
they handed themselves over as slaves to their master and
trainer, agreeing to submit to beating, burning, and death
by the sword if they did not perform as required.
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- The Thumbs up and Thumbs down signs
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who acknowledged defeat could request the fight to be
stopped. The gladiator would signal his request by raising
his finger, or his hand and arm. The editor took the crowd's
response into consideration in deciding whether to let the
loser live or order the victor to kill him. This was
referred to as the
Pollice verso meaning
"With thumb turned." It is not clear which way the
thumb was turned to signify life or death although it is
commonly believed that the Thumbs up signalled life and the
Thumbs down signalled life.
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