Retiarius equipment specifics/finds

[john m roberts]

It is unfortunate that the Pompeii finds were excavated at a time when archaeology was in its infancy. If there were metal manicae in the Pompeii armory, they were probably of such thin metal that their remains, crushed under the ash, would have been mere strips of rust or green verdigris on the floor. These would have been ignored by the treasure-hunters of the 18th century, but might have revealed reams of information to modern archaeologists.