Gladiator helmet Thraex, 1.3 mm

Product description

The thraex was a gladiator who was armed in the Thracian manner, with a small square shield, the parmula, and a short sword with a slightly curved blade, the sica, which was intended to cut the unprotected back of the opponent. He also wore a protector for his sword arm and shoulder, shin protectors, a broad belt, and a helm with a plume, a visor, and a high crest for protection. Together with the hoplomachus, the thraex was employed against the murmillos, who were armed as Roman legionaries, to illustrate the contradiction between the Roman soldiers and their non-Italic enemies.

This brass thraex helmet is crafted after an original found in Pompeii. It is well-suited to a head circumference of up to 63 cm and weighs 4.9 kg. The crest is decorated with a griffin, the companion of the revenge goddess Nemesis. The helmet bears a decoration of a palm leaf symbolising victory.