Roman gladiator

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• List of Roman gladiator types — This is a list of the different types of gladiator in ancient Rome. IntroductionSome of the first gladiators had been prisoners of war, and so some of the first types of gladiators, Gauls , Samnites , and Thraces (Thracians) used their native… …   Wikipedia

• Gladiator — For other uses, see Gladiator (disambiguation). Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), about 2nd century CE. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his… …   Wikipedia

• gladiator — n. a Roman gladiator * * * [ glædɪeɪtə] a Roman gladiator …   Combinatory dictionary

• Gladiator (2000 film) — Gladiator Theatrical release poster …   Wikipedia

• GLADIATOR — GLADIATOR, professional fighter in Roman public games. Little information is available about the gladiatorial contests held in the Middle East under Roman imperial rule. The performances were arranged by the authorities of cities with a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Roman Abrate — (né le 16 novembre 1987 à Draguignan) est un jeune rideur (Roller) professionnel. Il s’est fait connaître à travers de nombreuses vidéos et pour avoir participé et remporté plusieurs grandes compétitions internationales ces dernières années.… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Roman infantry tactics — refers to the theoretical and historical deployment, formation and maneuvers of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The article first presents a short overview of Roman training. Roman… …   Wikipedia

• gladiator — mid 15c., Roman swordsman, from L. gladiator, lit. swordsman, from gladius sword, supposedly from Gaul. *kladyos (Cf. O.Ir. claideb, Welsh cleddyf, Breton kleze sword; see CLAYMORE (Cf. claymore)) …   Etymology dictionary

• Roman holiday — occasion on which entertainment or profit is derived from injury or death, 1860, originally in reference to holidays for gladiatorial combat; the expression seems to be entirely traceable to an oft quoted passage on a dying barbarian gladiator… …   Etymology dictionary

• Gladiator — Gladiatoren (vom lateinischen gladius, einem Kurzschwert) waren im antiken Rom Berufskämpfer, die in öffentlichen Schaustellungen gegeneinander kämpften. Der Kampf der Gladiatoren gegeneinander wird als Gladiatur bezeichnet. Gladiatorenkämpfe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• gladiator — /glad ee ay teuhr/, n. 1. (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the …   Universalium