Gladiators

Question 1

Myrmillones

Answer 1

Fought with helmet, oblong shield, sword, and with a fish crest on the helmet; usually fought the Retiarii or Thracians.

Question 2

Retiarii

Answer 2

Lightly clad, armed with a net and trident; usually fought Myrmillones or Secutores.

Question 3

Samnites

Answer 3

oblong shield, visored helmet, sword

Question 4

Thracians

Answer 4

small round shield, curved scimitar

Question 5

Bestiarii

Answer 5

hunters-fought wild beasts

Question 6

Essedarii

Answer 6

Rode chariots with 2 horses

Question 7

Andabata

Answer 7

heavily armed, but can’t see out of visored helmet

Question 8

Laquearii

Answer 8

Armed with lasso and a curved piece of wood

Question 9

Secutores

Answer 9

“pursuers”- like Samnites but without the neck protector

Question 10

Hoplomachi

Answer 10

Full-armed with a breast-plate and a visored helmet

Question 11

Rudis

Answer 11

wooden sword given to gladiators on their retirement

Question 12

Lanista

Answer 12

gladiator trainer

Question 13

editor munerum

Answer 13

giver of games

Question 14

arena/harena

Answer 14

sand put down to absorb the blood from a gladiator match

Question 15

Venationes

Answer 15

hunts where Bestiarii fought wild beasts

Question 16

Premere pollicem

Answer 16

To press the thumb against the forefinger- crowd wants to spare gladiators life

Question 17

Vertere pollicem

Answer 17

turning the thumb upwards or towards the chest- to signify the death stroke

Question 18

When were gladiator fights brought to Rome?

Answer 18

264 B.C.

Question 19

Gladiator fights were originally only at ______

Answer 19

Funerals

Question 20

Naumachiae

Answer 20

Mock naval battles- they flooded the arena