If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

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If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby GBaxter » Wed 02 Sep 2009, 1:19

Irrespective of your gender, if you had to serve as a Roman gladiator
and were the most powerful one, what witty serious or humorous Gladiator
name/s would you adopt ?
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby jvrjenivs » Wed 02 Sep 2009, 1:49

First, you have to put your real (first)name in your signature, as a forum rule. Otherwise, welcome on RAT.

There are a lot of funny nicknames known of gladiators. If you want to know them, there is an almost complete list of known gladiator names in the back of Markus Junkelmann - Das spiel mit dem Tod. So you can see them all yourself and choose you one.

And to be more specific, we know of a gladiator called like ancient Greek heroes (who were already and ancient Greek hero when the roman gladiators came into being) or simply calling them 'the great' or 'the beloved' would also make sense.
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Gaius Julius Caesar » Wed 02 Sep 2009, 2:58

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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby M. Demetrius » Wed 02 Sep 2009, 6:28

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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Dutchhoplite » Wed 02 Sep 2009, 15:13

Biggus Dickus or Naughtius Maximus will do fine 8)
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Dutchhoplite » Wed 02 Sep 2009, 15:15

And my wife's name will be Incontinentia Buttocks by the way...
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Q Rutilius » Fri 04 Sep 2009, 19:33

Dufus.
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Medusa » Tue 08 Sep 2009, 13:36

MEDVSA :mrgreen:
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Aulus Perrinius » Tue 08 Sep 2009, 15:12

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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Jona Lendering » Tue 08 Sep 2009, 15:41

Medusa wrote:MEDVSA :mrgreen:

Singularly inapt. I am glad that I have met you three times in real life, and you've not yet managed to petrify me. :wink:
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Aulus Perrinius » Tue 08 Sep 2009, 17:38

Wait, wait, wait, check that, I would be . . . Crazy Harry and I would blow my opponent to pieces and the crowd and the arean and the stands and the- You get the idea.

Seriously

I would be: Vonatorix the Blade the Deadliest (Okay, fastest running) Dimacheareus in the Empire.
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby M. Demetrius » Tue 08 Sep 2009, 17:41

you've not yet managed to petrify me.
Were your meetings in the daytime? That would explain part of it. :wink:
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby john m roberts » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 11:36

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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Vortigern Studies » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 13:25

Chuck Norris (ducks)
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby M. Demetrius » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 16:50

Chuck Norris never ducks. He just shatters incoming weapons with his face.
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Vortigern Studies » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 16:57

M. Demetrius wrote:Chuck Norris never ducks. He just shatters incoming weapons with his face.

No he doesn't. Weapons cannot even touch his face because they turn around when he looks at them in a stern way.
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Jona Lendering » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 17:04

Vortigern Studies wrote:Weapons cannot even touch his face because they turn around when he looks at them in a stern way.

Aren't we confusing Chuck Norris with Medusa?
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby M. Demetrius » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 17:08

Didn't her snakes all skin themselves and turn into cowboy boots when they first saw Chuck Norris?
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Re: If you were a Roman gladiator,what name would you adopt ?

Postby Jona Lendering » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 17:17

M. Demetrius wrote:Didn't her snakes all skin themselves and turn into cowboy boots when they first saw Chuck Norris?

:D :D :D
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Postby Justin of the New Yorkii » Fri 11 Sep 2009, 17:25

I would tell them:
"I'm Spartacus!"
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