I know I found a few of these, but other people added data too. Unfortunately I don't know who they are. If you're reading this and you see one of your contributions then please make yourself known in the comments and take all the credit you deserve.
Name | Sex | Source (If Any) | Notes |
Achillia | Female | Bas Relief in London | |
Albanus | Male | Pompeii | |
Alumnus | Male | Villa Borghese mosaic | |
Amazon | Female | Bas relief in London | |
Aracintus | Male | Pompeii | |
Astinax | Male | Mosaic | Secutor |
Atticus | Male | Pompeii | |
Attilius | Male | Myrmillo | |
Aurius | Male | Villa Borghese mosaic | |
Bato | Male | ||
Belurefons | Male | Secutor | |
Callimorphus | Male | Villa Borghese mosaic | |
Castor | Male | Ovid | |
Celadus | Male | Pompeii | |
Crescens | Male | Pompeii | |
Crixus | Male | Cyprus | |
Cupido | Male | Retiarius | |
Cycnus | Male | Pompeii | |
Danaos | Male | Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna | |
Docilis | Male | Ovid | |
Ellenikos | Male | Cyprus | Provocatores |
Flamma | Male | Pompeii | |
Gannicus | Male | Cyprus | |
Gracchus | Male | Retiarius | |
Hilarus | Male | Thracian | |
Hippolytus | Male | Pompeii | Retiarius |
Kalendio | Male | Mosaic | Retiarius |
Krixus | Male | ||
Lucius | Male | Jewry Wall Museum | |
Margareites | Male | Cyprus | Provocatores |
Memnon | Male | Colchester Castle Museum | Secutor |
Moderatus | Male | British Museum | |
Murranus | Male | Pompeii | |
Negrimus | Male | Pompeii | Retiarius |
Oceanus | Male | Pompeii | |
Pampines | Male | Galleria Borghese Mosaic | Myrmillo |
Priedens | Male | Pompeii | Secutor |
Priscus | Male | Smyrna, Turkey | Thracian |
Publius Ostorius | Male | Pompeii | |
Pugnax | Male | Pompeii | |
Quintus | Male | ||
Rodan | Male | Retiarius | |
Sartornilos | Male | Thracian | |
Scylax | Male | Pompeii | |
Severus | Male | Pompeii | |
Spartacus | Male | As if you need to ask ... | |
Spiculus | Male | Myrmillo | |
Telamonius | Male | Villa Borghese mosaic | |
Valentinus | Male | Colchester Castle Museum | Retiarius |
At present all of my gladiator miniatures are labelled with numbers. I rather like the idea of giving each one a permanent name, matching the types given above where possible. Unfortunately I have more figures than there are names above, so I am going to have to be creative. It would appear that gladiator names were a mixture of real names and nicknames, so there's a certain amount of flexibility possible.
Update (11/06/2013) - Added four new names courtesy of Zappo
Update (11/06/2013) - Added four new names courtesy of Zappo
and I thought I was Spartacus.. I'm going to add this list to my own small stable of gladiators. Friday night when we do battle in the board game, Spartacus: The Game of Blood and Treachery, I'll use my own minis instead of the 4 plastic ones that came in the game..
ReplyDeleteThanks to all who contributed to the list.
Whoever they were :)
Deleteyou could add Crixus and Gannicus to the list
ReplyDelete...and Margareites and Ellenikos (provocatores?) from Cyprus
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Thanks. I'll add those in when I get a chance.
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