by Robert Low
Pugio
A dagger, weapon of last resort of a retiarius.
Rudis
The wooden sword or staff symbolising a gladiator’s liberatio.
Scutum
A large rectangular shield (curving inward so that it formed part of a cylinder) of the sort carried by a murmillo.
Subligaculum
A traditional loincloth worn by gladiators (the chest was almost always bare).
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