"Retiarius" Artist Mikia Souillard. A Retiarius was a lightly armored Roman gladiator known for fighting with a weighted net (rete), a trident (tridens), and a dagger (pugio), contrasting sharply with heavily armored fighters like the Secutor; they wore minimal gear, typically just a loincloth, belt, and an arm/shoulder guard, relying on speed, agility, and tactics to entangle and strike their opponents, often seen as a fisherman battling a fish, and despite early disdain, became popular...
