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hracian gladiators were modeled after fighters from the northern Greece region of Thrace. Lightly armored, they would do battle with the Samnite or Murmillo gladiators. Their strategy focused on their sword, which was fashioned to snake past heavier opponents' shields. The armor and dash with which Thracians performed their fights made these among the most popular of gladiators. An inscription on a wall in Pompeii describes the champion Thracian gladiator Celadus as suspirum et decus puellarum or "the sigh and glory of girls." The rebel commander Spartacus had fought as a Thracian gladiator before going on to lead an uprising of gladiators and peasants in 73-71 BC that would consume most of southern Italy.
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