Gladiator
A Gladiator (Latin: gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was a slave or professional fighter in ancient Rome.
Mosaics[edit]
Mosaic at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid showing a retiarius named Kalendio (shown surrendering in the upper section) fighting a secutor named Astyanax. The Ø sign by Kalendio's name implies he was killed after surrendering.
A mosaic from Bignor Roman Villa.
The Gladiator Mosaic, on display at the Galleria Borghese, is one of the earliest known examples of contemporary art with gladiators as subjects.
The Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna) c. 2nd century CE: A thraex and murmillo, a hoplomachus and murmillo (who is signaling his defeat to the referee), and a matched pair.
Two Venatores fighting a tiger. Mosaic in Great Palace of Constantinople.
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Pottery and Glass[edit]
Helmet of a Secutor depicted in a glass flask.
2 Provocatores fighting on a oil lamp.
Murmillo defeats Thraex depicted on a flask.
Venator or hunter fighting a bear.
Terracotta, British Museum, Hoplomachus vs. Thraex.
Murmillo fighting Thraex on an oil lamp.
Weapons and Metalwork[edit]
Secutor depicted on a knife.
Gladiator depicted on a knife.
Venator fighting a Wild boar.
Other[edit]
Secutor fighting a Retirarius on the ground, Text reads "IMPROBVM". Roman relief 2nd century AD, Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.
Secutor vs. Retirarius.
Secutor vs. Retirarius "VS SCOLASTICVS DAMASCENVS".
Painting of fighting Gladiator
Contemporary Work[edit]
Jean-Léon Gérôme's 1872 painting Pollice Verso.
Gladiadores después del combate, José Moreno Carbonero (1882)
Recreation of a combat between a thraex and murmillo in the Carnuntum Roman ruins.
Early Roman Gladiator and his Patron (from the Comic History of Rome, c. 1850).
