Hoplomicus
The gladiators were the trained fighters who battled in the Colosseum.
Someone who trains gladiators is called a "lanista". He could also own them.
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Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua was created in 1842.
Rome Is Where Gladiators Fight
In ancient times, heavily armed foot soldiers were called heavy infantry. This term is often used to describe the soldiers in the armies of Alexander the great.
They were called phalanx, often called greekers.
It Is a hyperbole stating you are heavily armed
An army. Smaller units may be called a Company or a Batallion.
I suspect that you are referring to a Thracian Gladiator?! A Thracian (named so because of the resembleness of fighters from Thrace) was a type of gladiator that fought against other gladiators for the entertainment of the villages from Roman Villages, they were not as elaborately armed as a Samnite (a Heavily armed gladiator). They weiled a curved short sword, a sica, and a small round shield, a parma.
The gladiators were the trained fighters who battled in the Colosseum.
. . . a Phalanx .
Gladiators fought in amphitheaters, or as commonly called by the ancients, "the arena".
. . . a Phalanx .
If they were hired to fight in the arena, they were called gladiators. If they were hired to fight in the army, they were called auxiliaries. If they were hired to fight in the streets, they were called thugs.
A line across the border of France and Germany that was heavily armed.
Someone who trains gladiators is called a "lanista". He could also own them.