Murmillos were pitted against faster moving gladiator types, such as the thraex. Thraex took their name from the conquered territory of Thrace (Bulgaria today). They carried a short, curved dagger ...

The first Gladiator film was released in 2000 so I ... Tim McInnerny is Senator Thraex. Except for Lucius, everyone else is a bad guy, a badder guy or a baddest guy. I always think of Denzel ...