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TOP FIVE: Gladiators
MHM introduces the most fearsome warriors of the Roman arena.
5. Marcus Attilius
Free-Born fighter
Type of fighter: murmillo
Attilius was a free-born Roman, who most likely volunteered himself for gladiatorial combat as a way of freeing himself from debt.
As a rookie, he defeated the gladiator veteran and champion of Emperor Nero, Hilarus, a respected fighter who had 13 wreaths to his name. He then went on to beat another old hand and fellow volunteer, Lucius Raecius Felix.
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Attilius’ exploits were recorded in graffiti discovered outside the Nocerian gate at Pompeii, where he is depicted as a murmillo, equipped with a gladius, long shield, and short shin protectors on his legs.
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Carpophorus
Herculean hero
Type of fighter: bestiarius
According to the poet Martial, ‘Carpophorus could have handled the hydra, the chimaera, and the fire-eating bulls at the same time’.
He was perhaps the most skilled bestiarius of the time, dispatching