The Ludus Dacicus or The Dacian Gladiatorial Training School was one of the four gladiator training schools in Ancient Rome. It was founded by Domitian, completed by Trajan, and was used to train glad
Thraex gladiator with wooden sica, a weapon known to have been used by the Dacians along with the falx.
Lucius Cassius Dio, also known as Dio Cassius, was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas
17th century illustration of Dio
Excerpt (78.8.6-78.11.1) of Cassius Dio's Roman History from a 5th-century manuscript.
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