Roman shield

[Lucius Duccius Rufinus]

Not wholey untrue! i'm sure some gladiators would have had modified equipment, i believe in Ben Kanes novels the gaul has a modified scuta with sharpened edges to use the shield in such a fashion, your bog standard legionaries no, but gladiators yes! but with a sharpened enough shield and enough force you might not get the head clean off, but certainly do a fair amount of damage!

Errrrmmm. Just because something is in a novel, it doesn´t mean that it is historically correct. Paper is patient.

I realise that ! :twisted: but the idea is sound enough, i'm not saying gladiators DID have those, but you can well imagine established gladiators having little nasty modifications to their equipment!