by M. C. Bishop
113, 126
Campus Martius, Rome 40, 42, 49,
gallus (‘Gaul’) 22, 88–9
51, 119
gladiatrix (female gladiator) 49, 88,
Cicero, orator 17, 35–6, 37, 84, 91,
114–16
101, 112, 113, 126–7, 134, 143,
145, 147–8
Hadrian, emperor 54–5, 56
Claudius, emperor 17, 48–9
hoplomachus (‘heavily armed fighter’)
Colosseum (Flavian amphitheatre),
35, 73, 119
Rome 49, 51, 52, 58, 64,
104–7, 108, 123, 154
laquearius (‘ceiling-maker’) 79, 89
Commodus, emperor 55, 56–9, 96,
Livy, writer 15, 17, 18, 19, 20,
97, 114, 131, 145, 146
21, 23
Constantine, emperor 108, 148–9,
151
Marcus Aurelius, emperor 55–6,
Cyprian, Christian writer 85,
114, 129, 131, 135
121, 133
murmillo (‘little fish’) 32, 35, 37, 51,
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75, 79, 85, 89–90, 94, 114, 119,
84, 85, 89–90, 91–4, 96–7, 98,
136, 144, 149
119, 120, 125, 126, 135, 136,
149, 154
naumachia (mock naval battle) 11,
39–40, 42–3, 48, 49–50, 53
sagittarius (‘archer’) 95, 150
Nero, emperor 42, 49–50, 53, 58,
samnis (‘Samnite’) 25, 95
104, 116, 124
scaeva (left-handed gladiator) 96
secutor (‘pursuer’) 56, 57, 75, 79, 82,
paegnarius (‘play fighter’) 11, 90,
84, 90, 93, 94, 96–7, 98, 120,
92, 134
126, 138, 144, 149
Petronius, writer 9, 116–17,
Seneca, statesman 112, 116–17,
120, 122
124–5, 136, 149
Pliny the Elder, writer 23–4, 29,
Septimius Severus, emperor 59, 116
36–7, 38, 102, 144
Spartacus 30–4, 64
Plutarch, writer 26, 29, 31, 38,
Suetonius, writer, 17, 47, 50, 126
51, 123
pollice verso (gesture) 127–8
Tacitus, historian 44–7, 86–7, 113,
Pollice Verso (painting) 66, 67
116, 140
Pompeii 17, 32–3, 41, 52, 66, 70,
Tiberius, emperor 44–5, 46, 47,
72, 75–6, 78, 80, 82, 91, 96,
102, 133
99, 102, 103, 110, 112–13, 122, Titus, emperor 51, 106
123, 129, 136–7, 138, 139,
thracian, thra(e)x (‘Thracian’) 10, 18,
139–40, 143
30, 35, 37, 47, 53, 56, 70, 71,
Pompey the Great 30, 35, 36–8, 61
75, 77, 82, 83, 85, 89, 97, 119,
pontarius (‘bridge fighter’) 83, 90–1,
120, 125, 133, 136
94, 95, 99, 144
Trajan, emperor 52, 53, 54
provocator (‘challenger’) 32, 34,
77, 91
veles (‘lightly armed’) 38, 98
venator (‘hunter’) 10, 39, 73, 85,
retiarius (‘net fighter’) 10, 13, 48,
98–9, 112, 124
56, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 80, 82,
Vespasian, emperor 50, 51, 106
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Document Outline
Frontcover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Timeline
Technical glossary
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Origins
Chapter 3 Rise of the gladiators
Chapter 4 At the peak
Chapter 5 Hardware and venues
Chapter 6 Life as a gladiator
Chapter 7 The end of the gladiators
Sources
Note on Translations
Index