You've been watching the Hunger
Games, or you've never seen action in the movie Gladiator Russel Crowe. All the
above games have the same concept, which is kill or be killed.
Now at this time I will discuss
about Gladiators.
What is a gladiator?
Gladiators are the ones who will
fight to the death at the time of ancient Rome. The Romans enjoyed this fight
as entertainment. If the audience gave them a thumbs down, it means "the
mercy of the funeral." Gladiator was first known in the first Punic War in
264 BC. Junius Brutus (Decimus Iunius Brutus Scaeva) nobleman and his two sons,
Marcus and Decimus, Etruscan has a habit of reviving the slaves fight in a
funeral ceremony of a great leader. It is believed the victim would please the
gods. In the ceremony, which took place in the Forum Boarium, three pairs of
slaves fight to the death. Most gladiators were prisoners of war or slaves,
criminals,. They are trained at the school, which is owned by the Roman
Government. They use wooden swords for training. The gladiator fights, an
artificial lake which is sometimes used. sometimes Gladiators against the ship.
When a man-made lake that is not in use, they will stand against wild animals.
Tigers, buffaloes, Lions, bears, elephants, animals and what they can Discover
the good will be butchered or butcher a slave. The fight lasted about 700
years. In the modern era of modern sports such as boxing and wrestling take
root from the gladiator fights.
A common type of gladiator types
known:
1. The secutor
The Secutor, also known as the Hunter, whose name was seen
from his fighting techniques. Secutor pursues his opponent throughout the
arena. He wears a helmet with a round hole round eyes that are very small. his
right arm is covered with leather or metal bands, and brings a short sword or
dagger. With his left hand he carries a shield on his left foot, and he put on
the foot guard is called okrea, so the left side is absolutely protected.
2.The Retiarius
The Retiarius
fought with three-pointed spear called Trident. He also uses the net. His
strategy is to trap your opponent with the nets, and then stabbing it with his
Trident. If your opponent is dead, he can retract his nets as it has a cable
that can pull the nets back. The nets also have used ballast so it can trap the
opponent easier. Retiarius hardly has any pelindiung suits. He wore a
protective sleeve on his left with flat pieces of metal.
3. Hoplomachus (hoplomachi)
Hoplomachus (hoplomachi) is a heavyweight boxer and slaves with protector legs
of steel. He was dressed in shorts and helmets with feather ornaments on it.
Hoplomachus equipped with small round shield and a long spear that allows him
to attack distance. Until Augustus reign, they called the Samnites, but after
he became emperor they referred Hoplomachus.
4. The Murmillo (murmillones)
The
Murmillo (murmillones) also called human fish. It was identified from his
helmet that is scaly. It uses short sword and a large round shield to protect
his right leg that is not shaded. Murmillo are generally pitted the retiarius.
This is kind of the opposite, because the Retiarius ' trying to catch their
opponents in the net! Even though he looks unprotected, Rome is classified as a
slave the heavyweight fighter because of large shields.
5.Thracian
Thracian slave is a
lightweight fighter carrying small-sized rectangular shield called Parma and a
curved sword called the Sica. Big top place Alonso at Benetton has in the form
of griffin. They use a very high gaiters, who got to the top of the thigh.
Thracians have always struggled against the heavyweight Gladiators (usually
murmillo or hoplomachi).