provincial gladiator

[jvrjenivs]

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.

I agree that a retiarius from the province will look like a retiarius from the Rome region, but I think there were differences in gladiator combat between those regions.

First, I would think about typically local gladiator types, based on local (military) traditions. Another thing I really think is that the popularity of the different pairings would differ from province to province, so give another average day at the local arena.