In the afternoon came the high point of the games, individual gladiatorial combats. These were usually matches between gladiators with different types of armor and fighting styles, supervised by a referee (summa rudis). This scene represents simultaneously the highlight and the conclusion of the games. It depicts a combat between a retiarius, armed with trident and dagger, and a secutor, while a referee looks on.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/41523983@N08">Carole Raddato</a> from FRANKFURT, Germany
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/9288878145/">A Retiarus armed with trident and dagger fighting against a Secutor, the gladiator mosaic at the Roman villa in Nennig, Germany</a>