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Title: The life of the Greeks and Romans
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Guhl, E. (Ernst), 1819-1862 Koner, W. (Wilhelm), 1817-1887, joint author Hueffer, Francis, 1843-1889, tr
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Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Fig. 501 b. fighting with each other never belonged to the same class. Asecond class of gladiators, much liked in imperial times, were thesecutores, whose antagonists were the retiarii. The latter wore ashort tunic or apron (subligaculum), fastened round the body with * It is said that after the defeat of the Samnites by the Dictator Papirius Cursorin the year 444 of the city, their national armour was adopted for the gladiators asa sign of contempt. VARIOUS CLASSES OF GLADIATORS. 559
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Fisr. 502. a belt, and generally a sleeve on the left arm. Their head wasuncovered. Their weapons of attack were the trident (fuscinaftridens) and the dagger; besides which theycarried a large net (iaculwn), in which theytried to entangle the secutores, the latterbeing armed with helmet, shield, and sword.Suetonius, in his life of Caligula (cap. 30), tellsof a fight between five gladiators of each class,in which the retiarii were beaten withoutoffering resistance ; but when by command ofthe emperor they were to be killed, one ofthem suddenly took a fuscina and killed allthe secutores. A mosaic (Fig. 501, a, b)illustrates their mode of fighting. In Fig.501, a, the secutor, entangled in the net, attacksthe retiarius lying on the ground, while the latter, having droppedhis trident, defends himself with a dagger. In Fig. 501, b, theretiarius attacks his entangledantagonist with the fuscina,seemingly with success. Accord-ing to Isidorus, the secutorescarried a stick with lead bulletsattach

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