07-22-2006, 01:27 PM
I guess that if a gladiator was equipped with something like a lorica hamata or a lorica squamata he wore a tunic underneath which might be a bit shorter than the lorica so wouldn't see it. So it would've been similar to the soldiers.
Gladiators wore subligacula normally to show their virtus that they weren't afraid of the death. But usually they tried to protect their bare torso by some kind of a shield. But due to the fact that the scissor has no shield but two kinds of offensive weapons he needed some body protection either in the form of a squamata or hamata. So he was an exception to the general gladiator equipment.
Gladiators wore subligacula normally to show their virtus that they weren't afraid of the death. But usually they tried to protect their bare torso by some kind of a shield. But due to the fact that the scissor has no shield but two kinds of offensive weapons he needed some body protection either in the form of a squamata or hamata. So he was an exception to the general gladiator equipment.
