My Mouth Tastes Like Pizzeria Pretzel Combos
Monday, June 27, 2005
After translating part of a letter by Seneca, I shall write the little paper about gladiators. Then it will be rec time. Then it will be reading time. Then it will be bed time.
I found few decent depictions of gladiators, with exceptions for the following:
In order from top to bottom are a bestiarius (pitted against animals), a provocator (provocator-ing), a murmillo and his usual opponent, the hoplomachus (heavily-armed, more closely fabricating a military style), with the popular thraex lastly. More categories fought, but increasingly less documentation exists for some of them, especially the equites (horsemen), laquerius, andalobatus (horseman with a visored, but eyeless, helmet), and essedarii (chariot fighters). My favourites are the Samnites, who look like flies, wearing crested helmets. Schrecklich!
