Talk:Hoplomachus

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Does anyone else find the last paragraph confusing and in need of further explanation? Kittymonk4 (talk) 01:28, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Oplomachi Merge
I think that Oplomachi should be merged here.

One editor commented on that talk page:

> As the only real differences between the words would be an aspirated accent, which was not a part of the Ancient Greek language until around 200 B.C.E, I strongly suspect the two to be the same.

I suspect this also, although I was not aware that the aspirated accent became a part of the Ancient Greek language at that approximate time. That "literary mentions do not seem to relate the two" would be expected if, as presumably is the case, they are the same gladiator type. Moreover, there is an almost identical phrasing of part of the article on this page:

"Samnites were called hoplomachi when battling a Thracian, and a secutor when matched against retiarii."

"he [Justus Lipsius] conjectures that Samnite variants were called oplomachi when matched against a Thracian, and a secutor when facing a retiarii."

I am not an expert in this field and would like to see alternative perspectives.

Thank you. 84.92.209.58 (talk) 17:05, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Given the above, and the description on the pages, it seems reasonable to merge but keep Oplomachi in a distinct section; the page can they contain the a discussion of the disputed equivalence more efficiently.Klbrain (talk) 23:16, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 16:03, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Equipment
A newer source (2016) reviewed the equipment of the Hoplomachus and noted that the greave was on his left leg, not both legs.

Christopher Epplett (Gladiators Deadly Arena sports of ancient Rome) Xcws (talk) 06:52, 1 December 2017 (UTC)