10-30-2012, 06:13 AM
I was just thinking: Would the various campaigns that emperors launched have led to an influx of a certain gladiator type? For instance, Germanic warriors were fantastic spear fighters. Wouldn't they naturally become Hoplomachae? Wouldn't Trajan's Dacian wars have brought an influx of Thracian types (as Dacians used the sica)? It's a fair assumption that no Roman understood barbarian warriors like a Lanista. He would have supervised every aspect of his gladiators' lives, and would have understood different nations better than anyone. Wanting to play his fighters to their strengths and giving the crowd a good show (thereby making himself look good), the lanista would have played each warrior to what they knew best. I understand that, say, a really good retiarius in the city would have created a need for new secutors, but other than that, wouldn't a lanista assign warriors to the weapons they new best?
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Tyler
Undergrad student majoring in Social Studies Education with a specialty in world history.
"conare levissimus videri, hostes enimfortasse instrumentis indigeant"
(Try to look unimportant-the enemy might be low on ammunition).
Undergrad student majoring in Social Studies Education with a specialty in world history.
"conare levissimus videri, hostes enimfortasse instrumentis indigeant"
(Try to look unimportant-the enemy might be low on ammunition).