03-10-2008, 08:28 PM
If you have a look on mosaics or reliefs found in the provinces you will notice that the looks of gladiators were more or less standardized in the Imperial time after the reform of Augustus. There is of course a change e.g. in style of helmets throughout the centuries but a retiarius was always equipped the same as well as a secutor etc. Of course the armor of a provincial maybe even itenerant troupe was not as lavish as those pieces found at Pompeii which are from an Imperial ludus.
Below you will see a picture I have taken at the villa in Nennig (in the Saarland close to the border to Luxemburg) which is a detail of the famous mosaic showing a retiarius against a secutor. It is believed that this complete mosaic commemorates a munus held at the amphitheater in Trier (Augusta Treverorum) and that the owner of the villa was the editor.
Below you will see a picture I have taken at the villa in Nennig (in the Saarland close to the border to Luxemburg) which is a detail of the famous mosaic showing a retiarius against a secutor. It is believed that this complete mosaic commemorates a munus held at the amphitheater in Trier (Augusta Treverorum) and that the owner of the villa was the editor.
