The dimachaeri (singular: dimachaerus) were a type of Roman gladiator that fought with two swords. The name is the Latin-language borrowing of the Greek word διμάχαιρος meaning `bearing two knives` (di- dual + machairi knife). The dimachaeri were popular during the 2nd-4th centuries AD, and were probably considered to be `insidious` ...
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(from the article `gladiator`) ...carried in his left. There were also the andabatae, who are believed to have fought on horseback and to have worn helmets with closed visors—that ...
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A gladiator who fought with a short sword in each hand.
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