Gladiatorial mosaics from Cos

[Statius]

The guy with the whip is wearing a (very) short 4thC style tunic, with long sleeves, double banded cuffs and short shoulder clavii.

It looks almost as if the hem of the tunic is gathered up and tied between his legs, or at the back somehow. Maybe to keep his legs bare, for some reason?

the figure furthest to the left appears to be wearing a Coif of some description! Very interesting indeed, never seen anyhing like that.

Hmm, it does look like that. I may need to revise my belief that Romans never really wore coifs... hock:

The only other reference I know of the Roman use of Coifs is the Ebenezer Frescos at Dura which are also dated to the 3rd Century. I certainly know of no other pictoral reference to a Gladiator or Gladiatorial class wearing a Coif. It is difficult to tell from the photos which material is portrayed and if the Coif is metal or organic.

Very interesting mosaics though!