Roman Life - Gladiators

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gladiatorial combat came to Rome in ___
246 BC
gladiatorial combat come to Rome as part of ___
funeral games (of Brutus Pera)
fought from a chariot
essedarius
gladiator making his first public appearance
tiro
blindfolded gladiator
andabata
two-sworded gladiator
dimachaerus
gladiator armed with lasso
laquaetores
gladiator armed with net and trident
retiarius
trident
fuscina
always fought a retiarius
secutor
oldest type gladiators, carried a heavy oblong shield
Samnite
heavy oblong shield
scutum
Samnites were later called ___
hoplomachus (heavy-armed
___ were lighter armed, carrying a small shield and curved sword
Thracian
small shield
parma
___ had an ornament like a fish on their helmet
Murmillones
mock combat with blunt weapons before actual show
prolusio
common greeting spoken by the gladiators to the giver of games
nos morituri te salutamus (we who are about to die salute you)
giver of games
editor muneris
meant the "thumbs down" signal for one gladiator to kill another
pollice verso (with turned thumb)
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