The helmet would have been worn by 'murmillo', a type of gladiator during the Roman Imperial age. The distinguishing feature of the murmillo was the high crest of his helmet which, together with ...

Clockwise from top left: Roman mosaic of a retiarius versus a secutor; Roman bronze gladiator helmet ... (“Thracian”). The murmillo is recognizable by his visored helmet, right arm guard ...

In this fragment from an oil lamp the gladiator at left appears to be a Hoplomachus. The Murmillo wore a visored helmet with a distinctive crest at the top. He was equipped with a large shield ...

I. Gladiators came from many different backgrounds. They largely came from the lower echelons of Roman society. Some of the earliest were prisoners of war, who fought wearing their own culture's ...

The scene features a wounded gladiator appealing ... two types of gladiators: a murmillo armed with a short straight sword, curved shield and distinctive crested helmet and a thraex wielding ...