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"According to Junkelmann [2] there were only a few very specialized offensive metal weapons commonly used in the 2nd and 3rd centuries (Fig. 1). There was the gladius, which at 30 cm long was more of a dagger than a sword, and the sica, a curved sword of about 40 cm in length, both of which had a double blade with a rhomboid profile. Different lancets were also in use. There was the short pilum (a javelin = Wurfspeer) with a pyramid shaped spike and the hasta (a light lancet = Stoßlanze), which was a double bladed spike with a rhomboid profile. The most characteristic and specific lancet of the gladiators was the fuscina, a forklike trident. This weapon, borrowed from the fishing metier, was only used by gladiators for man-to-man fighting. The ancient images show this trident sometimes with barbed peaks, but mostly with three straight peaks. A trident found in the ancient harbour of Ephesus showed a 5-cm distance between the different spikes. On this trident the diameter of each coned spike with a nearly circular shaped profile was about 12–15 mm. The defensive weaponry includes helmets made of bronze or iron, which protected the heads of the fighter for all the different gladiator types, except the retiarius."