gladiators

Question 1

myrmillones

Answer 1

fish crest on helmet, oblong shield ( usually fought the Retiarus or Thracians )

Question 2

retiarii

Answer 2

net and trident, oblong shield ( usually fought myrmillones or sescutores )

Question 3

samnites

Answer 3

visored helmets oblong shield with a neck protector

Question 4

thracians

Answer 4

small round, curved scimitar

Question 5

bestiarii

Answer 5

hunters, fought wild beast

Question 6

essedarii

Answer 6

rode chariots with two horses

Question 7

antabatae

Answer 7

can’t see out of there visored helmets

Question 8

laqueari

Answer 8

lasso and curved piece of wood

Question 9

secutores

Answer 9

pursuers “ like samnites without neck protectors”

Question 10

hoplomachi

Answer 10

full armed with a breast plate and visored helmets

Question 11

rudis

Answer 11

wooden sword given to gladitors on their retirement

Question 12

lanista

Answer 12

trainer of the gladiators

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

Question 15

venationes

Answer 15

hunts were bestiarii fought wild beast

Question 16

premere pollicem

Answer 16

thumb against forefinger meaning to spare the gladiators life

Question 17

vertere pollicem

Answer 17

thumb to chest meaning to kill the gladiators

Question 18

naumachiae

Answer 18

mock naval battle

Question 19

when were gladiator fights brought to rome

Answer 19

264 bc

Question 20

originally gladiator fight were at what event

Answer 20

funerals