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    hold of it, the retiarius likely discarded the weapon, although he might try to collect it back for a second cast. Usually, the retiarius had to rely on...
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    class of gladiator who fought as a retiarius tunicatus. They wore tunics to distinguish them from the usual retiarius, and were looked on as a social class...
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    match-up dramatized an encounter between the "fisherman" (retiarius) and a "fish" (secutor). The retiarius used his net to catch the secutor who was equipped...
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    Vermeijius retiarius Shell of Vermeijius retiarius (specimen at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca...
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    dissimilar but complementary types. For example, the bareheaded, nimble retiarius ("net-man"), armoured only at the left arm and shoulder, pitted his net...
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    rather than the retiarius.: 237–238 n14  However, Channel 4's Time Team discovered in Wales a carved penknife handle depicting a retiarius and a murmillo...
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  • streams. Sundadanio retiarius reaches a maximum size of 1.9 cm (0.75 in) standard length. Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Sundadanio retiarius". IUCN Red List of...
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    fishing, a type of gladiator called a retiarius or "net fighter" was armed with a trident and a cast net. The retiarius was traditionally pitted against a...
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    or fuscina) were used by a type of gladiator called a retiarius or "net fighter". The retiarius was traditionally pitted against a secutor, and cast a...
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    including the Vestals, to the victorious murmillo, while the defeated retiarius raises two fingers to plead for mercy. The painting was an inspiration...
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    the similarity in armor, helmet, and gladius, as well as being "anti-retiarius." Scissores wore a full-face helmet similar to that of the hoplomachi...
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    Jeffrey. "General Index to Oppian". Loeb Classical Library. "Retiarius Gladiator | Retiarius". www.warriorsandlegends.com. Ray, Himanshu Prabha (2003)....
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  • snarer's armour was probably similar to that of the retiarius; it consisted mainly of a retiarius armguard worn over the left shoulder. Another possibility...
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  • small fishing net and a three-pronged frog spear (similar in style to a retiarius); she is able to defeat Bran's direwolf, Summer, in mock combat by entangling...
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    Retiarius vs Secutor, the two gladiators lying are dead, as signified by the theta nigrum....
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    another secutor, Mazicinus, is struck by the retiarius Almunus, an hoplomachus fatally wounds the retiarius, Callimorfus, and finally a smaller gladiator...
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  • new creatures, evolved from their underground nest. Among them is the Retiarius, a spider-like creature which makes gigantic spiderwebs, and giant wasps...
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    In most cases the off-hand weapon is used to deflect or parry. Daishō Retiarius "The Rapier Part Four: Sword and Dagger and Sword and Cloak Workbook,...
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    Juvenal, Satires 2 and 8; Michael Carter, "(Un)Dressed to Kill: Viewing the Retiarius," in Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture (University of Toronto...
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    mosaics which show nets. In a parody of fishing, a type of gladiator called retiarius was armed with a trident and a cast net. He would fight against a secutor...
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    The Samnite may have been the first gladiator to be pitted against the retiarius, a gladiator who fought with the gear of a fisherman and who was viewed...
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    death; instead they were identified by their fighting specialty such as retiarius or murmillo or less often as a freeborn man, LIBER, a status which was...
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    1946 John Gabriel Borkman Erhart Borkman 1946 Androcles and the Lion Retiarius 1947 Yellow Jack Pvt. McClelland 1947 Alice in Wonderland The White Rabbit/Man...
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    (subscription required) Carter, Michael (2008). "(Un)Dressed to Kill: Viewing the Retiarius". In Edmondson, J. C.; Keith, Alison (eds.). Roman Dress and the Fabrics...
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  • (Raicho Vasilev). A Dacian gladiator who fights in the unconventional retiarius style. Killed by Spartacus after Gnaeus's abuses led to Pietros's suicide...
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    After winning the Poletti Prize for painting in 1880, with his entry, A Retiarius (net-man) gladiator wounded in a Flavian Amphitheater, he had the opportunity...
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  • of plan to shift bank holiday to October". BBC News. 5 February 2011. Retiarius Ltd (2006-01-19). "Brown on Campus | Felix: The Student Newspaper of Imperial...
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  • Taoist Dievdirbys Ranger Linker Lancer Bokor Monk Musketeer Bullet Marker Retiarius Psychokino Sadhu Mergen Schwarzer Reiter Rodelero Shadowmancer Exorcist...
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    sexual desire than of dignifying and marking the citizen's body. Thus the retiarius, a type of gladiator who fought with face and flesh exposed, was thought...
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    types of gladiators who were different but complementaryː e.g., the agile Retiarius ("net man"), bareheaded, armored only on his left arm and shoulder, used...
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