Gladiators

Retiarius Notes

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The Retiarius fought with a three pointed spear called a trident. It also used a net. His strategy was to tangle his opponent in the net, and then stab him with the trident. If he missed with the net, he could pull it back because it had a cord that he could pull to retrieve his net. It had lead weights on it, so it could trap his opponent more easily. He had almost no armor whatsoever. All he wore was a headband and a guard on his left arm with a flat shoulder piece.

http://www.the-colosseum.net/games/glad2.htm
The retiarius had a net to throw on the opponent, a trident and a sword. Sometimes, he was put against the myrmillo, that wore a fish-like helmet (note the symbolic opposition of net and fish) and had a big shield for defence. When he fought he was practically naked. In any case, authors strongly disagree on the subject, given the scarcity of sources and the subtle variations on the same themes.

http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/gladiator3.html
A Retiarius - symbolized the fisherman and wore only a loin cloth (subligaculum) and a metal shoulder-piece (galerus) on the left arm, and carried a net (iaculum), a dagger, and a trident or tunny-fish harpoon (fascina). One variation on the Retiarius was the Laquearii who carried a lasso instead of a net.

http://www.gladiator.hu/cucc_e.htm
THE DEFINITION OF RETE AND IACULUM!!!!
RETE or IACULUM: Used by the retiarius, this net was made of strong hemp-rope, with small blades or leaden balance weights attached to the sides to be able to spread out when thrown in the air and cause painful wounds when cast at the enemy. It was woven into a circular shape and there was a stronger thread running round the perimeter so that, once cast and hit the mark, the user could tighten it around the secutor. It was fastened to the fighter`s wrist with a separate thread to make retrieval easier. Iaculum in Latin was an umbrella term for all weapons to be flung at the enemy, such as sweep-nets, lassos, javelins and slings, whereas rete stood for a simple fishing-net.