Flamma

Flamma (lit. The Flame), was a famous Syrian gladiator under the Roman Empire. Considered one of the most famous and successful of his time.

History

The gladiator Flamma had a passion for fighting and exhibited the most well known case of this love of attention. How he ended up as a gladiator is unknown. He was most likely forced into slavery and then into a gladiator school. He fought as a Secutor, a class of Gladiators in Rome. His common opponents were thus Retiarius. Fighters were granted retirement or freedom if they showed great skill and bravery. In doing so they were rewarded with a wooden baton known as rudius.

Flamma was awarded the rudius four times, but chose to remain a gladiator. His gravestone in Sicily includes his record and reads: "Flamma, secutor, lived 30 years, fought 34 times, won 21 times, fought to a draw 9 times, defeated 4 times, a Syrian by nationality. Delicatus(a gladiator) made this for his deserving comrade-in-arms."[1][2]

References

Hanel, Rachael (2007). Gladiators. The Creative Company. ISBN 978-1-58341-535-1.
Institute, Bathroom Readers' (2012-08-15). Uncle John's Bathroom Reader History's Lists. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-60710-664-7.

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[1] Hanel, Rachael (2007). Gladiators. The Creative Company. ISBN 978-1-58341-535-1.

[2] Institute, Bathroom Readers' (2012-08-15). Uncle John's Bathroom Reader History's Lists. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-60710-664-7.