Crupellarius

The crupellarius ( Latin , foreign word from the Gallic : "armored fencer") was a heavily armored Roman gladiator . He is mentioned only once, in Tacitus , as a heavily armored gladiator among the Gallic Haedu .

For other gladiators see: Gladiator types .

literature

Marcus Junkelmann : Playing with death - This is how Rome's gladiators fought . Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2563-0 ( Antike Welt , special issue; Zabern's illustrated books on archeology ).

Remarks

↑ Tacitus, Annalen 3, 43, 2: adduntur e servitiis gladiaturae destinati quibus more gentico continuum ferri tegimen: cruppellarios vocant, inferendis ictibus inhabilis, accipiendis impenetrabilis ; “In addition, there were slaves intended for the gladiature who, like the people, were completely armored with iron; these so-called crupellarii are unsuitable for delivering blows from which they are completely protected ”.

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The Crupellarius

[1] Tacitus, Annalen 3, 43, 2: adduntur e servitiis gladiaturae destinati quibus more gentico continuum ferri tegimen: cruppellarios vocant, inferendis ictibus inhabilis, accipiendis impenetrabilis ; “In addition, there were slaves intended for the gladiature who, like the people, were completely armored with iron; these so-called crupellarii are unsuitable for delivering blows from which they are completely protected ”.