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Definition of Retiarii
1. retiarius [n] - See also: retiarius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retiarii
Literary usage of Retiarii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Student's Roman Empire: A History of the Roman Empire from Its by John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"... armed like the Gauls, J • and generally matched against the retiarii; ...
who fought in chariots; the retiarii, who were armed with a net (whence their ..."
2. Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"The other group are two retiarii, ... or followers, go called because being
commonly matched against the retiarii, their system was to pursue their ..."