Murmillos were pitted against faster moving gladiator types, such as the thraex. Thraex took their name from the conquered territory of Thrace (Bulgaria today). They carried a short, curved dagger ...

The first benefit that the gladiators provide Macrinus is giving him direct leverage over Thraex, as Lucius is the one who earns him his first win against Thraex, causing him to owe Macrinus a ...

Terracotta figures of two gladiators – a hoplomachus and thraex – in combat, from Smyrna, 1st–2nd century AD Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum Gladiators were common across Roman ...

Blood On The Sands is a historically inspired gladiatorial skirmish miniatures board game where you take on the role of an ...

The first Gladiator film was released in 2000 so I ... Tim McInnerny is Senator Thraex. Except for Lucius, everyone else is a bad guy, a badder guy or a baddest guy. I always think of Denzel ...

Washington commands attention in every scene, whether manipulating Senator Thraex (Tim McInnerny ... The exclusion of Washington’s work in Gladiator 2 is even more baffling given its Golden ...

but also catches the eye of Macrinus (Denzel Washington), a gladiator wrangler who has enough clout, he’s a patron of Senator Thraex’s (Tim McInnerny) wild bacchanals and occasionally in the ...