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  • SPARTACUS WAS A heavyweight gladiator called murmillo.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • SPARTACUS WAS A heavyweight gladiator called murmillo.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • SPARTACUS WAS A heavyweight gladiator called murmillo.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • SPARTACUS WAS A heavyweight gladiator called murmillo.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Some gladiators record the name of their owner, while the gladiator Samus, who fought both as a murmillo and on horseback, says simply that he lives here.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • A murmillo like Spartacus never fought another murmillo; instead, he was usually paired with a thraex.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Jesus (sic) says, punning, that the murmillo Lucius Asicius stinks like cheap fish sauce (muriola) and is as weak as a ladys drink (also called muriola).

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Jesus (sic) says, punning, that the murmillo Lucius Asicius stinks like cheap fish sauce (muriola) and is as weak as a ladys drink (also called muriola).

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • CHAPTER ONE: THE GLADIATOR murmillo: Florus, Epitome 2.8.12.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • With his fifteen-pound scutum, a strong murmillo could hit harder, but a fast thraex could get in more blows in rapid succession with his seven-pound parmula.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

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