Gladiator Flashcards
1
Q
what is a murmillo
A
- gladiator who was heavily armed
- fish crested helmet without a visor
- short greaves
- curved rectangular shield and short sword
2
Q
what is a secutor
A
- heavily armed fighter
- distinctive helmet with visor with two eye holes
- greave on left leg
- arm guard
- short sword
- shield
normally fought aganist a retarius
3
Q
what is a hoplomachus
A
- heavily armed fighter
- large crested helmet with visor
- thigh length greave on left leg
- spear
-round shield - foughtought aganist murmillo
4
Q
what is a retiarus
A
- net fighter is literal translation
- net
- trident
- arm guard
- dagger
-shoulder guard - only gladiatornot protected by face and shoulder
- light armour
5
Q
what is a thracian
A
- light armed fighter
- crested broad rimmed helmet with visor
- armored greaves om both leg
- protector on sword arm and shoulder
-small shield - curved smallsword
6
Q
what is a bestarius
A
- trained to fight wild animals
- wasn’t really agladiator because he didn’tcarry a sword
- he didn’t wear armour
- carried a lot of weapons
7
Q
what is an amphitheater?
A
a double theatre that is oval in chape
8
Q
what are the benefits of building an amitheathre
A
can fit more people in, can get more angles and see what is happpenihng
9
Q
what are the limitations of building an amiptheatre
A
expensive to build, might not be able to see at different angles
10
Q
what is the seating in the colsseum
A
tiered seating which means you can still see, good for acoustics
11
Q
where is the colsseum
A
rome
12
Q
how many colsseum where there
A
1
13
Q
what did the romans call the collesum
A
flavian amphitheatre
14
Q
what year was the collesum built
A
70 AD
15
Q
what year was the colliseum finside
A
80 AD
