Retiarius

The retiarius (Latin for " net fighter " ) was a lightly-armed Roman Gladiator. He was ( " belonging to the sea " lat.) as iaculator (Latin for " thrower " ) or aequoreus called.

Other gladiator types see gladiatorial categories.

Equipment and armament

The equipment and armament of the retiarius was in contrast to the other categories of gladiators no resemblance to military models. Rather, it rings deep-sea fishing. The retiarius was only lightly armed. He carried a trident ( tridens or fuscina ), a cast net ( rete ) and a geradklingiges short sword or dagger. His only protection was a hand and arm on the left arm ( manica ) with a metal plate ( galerus ) at the shoulder. He was dressed in a loincloth ( subligaculum ) and a belt ( balteus or cingulum ).

Opponent

The retiarius first fought against the murmillo and less frequently against the Essedarius. From the middle of the 1st century AD, however, he specialized in the secutor as opponents. Occasionally there were also fights against the scissor.

• Retiarius against secutor

• Retiarius against secutor or scissor, reenactment in Carnuntum