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Fuck Zodiac rules, what's your favorite kind of gladiator? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do trax, murmillo and secutor have any differing fighting styles, or is it just a hat competition?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Yes for the Trax/Thraex. He has a small curved blade that can reach around an opponent's shield, and a smaller shield.

For the Murmillo and Secutor, it's a hat competition. Secutors were usually pitted against Reitiarii - the small eyeholes in the helmet were to keep the trident, specifically, out, and the helmet had fewer features to make it harder to net.

I dig the Murmillo more, personally. The helmet has, as the Romans would say, gravitas!