Gladiators

Question 1

myrmillones

Answer 1

fought with helmet, oblong shield, sword, fish crest on helmet. usually fought the retarius 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 similar

Question 5

bestiarii

Answer 5

hunters - fought wild beasts

Question 6

essedarii

Answer 6

rode chariots with 2 horses

Question 7

andabatae

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 samnitebbut without the neck protector

Question 10

hoplomachi

Answer 10

full-armed with a breast plate and 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

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

Question 17

gladiator fights

Answer 17

originally brought to rome in 264 BC and originally only at funerals

Question 18

naumachiae

Answer 18

mock naval battles - they flooded the arena