/internal/media/dispatcher/968705/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMurmillo gladiator2nd century A.D.Height: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)BronzeGift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg2005.5880Murmillo gladiator, lunging forward with a dagger (missing), wearing a crested visored helmet. The murmillo was a type of gladiator that grew out of the gallus (Gaul) in the early imperial period and was regularly paired with the Thraex (Thracian) in gladiatorial combat. The murmillo was equiped with a crested, visored helmet; long rectangular shield worn on his left arm; ocrea (greave) on his left leg; manica (arm armor) on his right arm; and a short sword.
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