Crupellarius

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

In hindsight - I really wish we'd known about this reconstruction, it would've featured in the book far better than my line drawing!

Well, in fact their reconstruction is based in that estatuette. The text following the photo is:

"Tacitus writes, that the warriors of a Gallic tribe used to wear this type of battle equipment and caused serious trouble to the Romans, who had to replace their usual arms to axe and pick in order to penetrate the hermetically sealed armour. It is likely that this was the source were the inventors of the various gladiator branches got their ideas from. A bronze statuette found in Vertigny bears witness to his fighting gear. His regular opponent – based on Tacitus – is assumed to be a gladiator bearing a huge shield and double axe." http://www.gladiator.at/index2en.html

If you want more informations, probably you want to talk directly. Their contact is:

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I know that group because they have been present at some Tarraco Viva's festivals and at Ludi Veleienses, at Iruña (both in the Hispaniae).

I think they not only have a good show and appereance. Their material, in my modest opinion, is very well researched.