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Priscus (gladiator) Priscus (fl. late 1st century AD) was a Roman gladiator of Celtic origins. His combat with Verus was the highlighted entertainment of the opening day games sponsored by Titus to inaugurate the Flavian Amphitheatre in AD 80. It was recorded in a laudatory poem by Martial — Liber Spectaculorum is the only known detailed ...
Pollice Verso, an 1872 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme (Phoenix Art Museum), was the subject of great debate regarding its historical accuracy. The Cavillargues medallion (c. AD 200) depicts the ēditor (games manager) showing a closed fist with wraparound thumb, meaning "spare him." Pollice verso or verso pollice ( Classical Latin ...
Gladiator. Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), about 2nd century AD. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his defeat to the referee), and one of a matched pair. A gladiator ( Latin: gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was an armed ...
There were many different types of gladiatorsin ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters; Gauls, Samnites, and Thraeces(Thracians) used their native weapons and armor. Different gladiator types specialized in specific weapons and fighting ...
Spartacus ( Greek: Σπάρτακος, translit. Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator ( Thraex) who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic . Historical accounts of his life come primarily from Plutarch and Appian, who wrote more than a ...
Paul Mescal revealed to Vanity Fair as part of the first look at “Gladiator II” that he was offered the sequel’s leading role after meeting director Ridley Scott for only a half-hour. The ...
v. t. e. The Norwegian resistance ( Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, and by implication the lack of legitimacy of Vidkun Quisling 's pro-Nazi regime and Josef Terboven ...
Molon labe ( Ancient Greek: μολὼν λαβέ, romanized : molṑn labé ), meaning 'come and take [them]', is a classical expression of defiance. It is among the Laconic phrases reported by Plutarch, [1] attributed to King Leonidas I in reply to the demand by Xerxes I that the Spartans surrender their weapons. The exchange between Leonidas ...