04-01-2006, 06:09 PM
I checked my copy of "Das Spiel mit dem Tod" by Marcus Junkelmann and even he is very short on this topic and only writes that the only definite primary source is a tale by Isidor of Sevilla (Origines 18.56)
This Latin text describes how the laquearii caught people fleeing in the arena with their laqueum (lasso). This is the only time this type of gladiator is mentioned therefore there is no clue how the lasso was made etc.
Quote:LVI. DE LAQVEARIIS. [1] Laqueariorum pugna erat fugientes in ludo homines iniecto laqueo inpeditos consecutosque prostrare amictos umbone pellicio.
This Latin text describes how the laquearii caught people fleeing in the arena with their laqueum (lasso). This is the only time this type of gladiator is mentioned therefore there is no clue how the lasso was made etc.
