The andabata fought blind, as he wore a helmet that deprived him of vision

Gladiators of the lanista C. Salvius Capito in the 1st century BC.

The bustuarius was literally a "tomb fighter,"

An arena referee or his assistants, named after the wooden staff (rudis) used to direct or separate combatants . A senior referee or trainer was known as a summa (high) rudis

The dimachaerus (Greek ??????????, "bearing two knives") used two swords, one in each hand

The sponsor who financed gladiatorial spectacles was the editor,

Eques, plural equites, was the regular Latin word for a horseman or cavalryman.

A cestus is an ancient battle glove, sometimes used in pankration. They were worn as are today's boxing gloves, but were made with leather strips and sometimes filled with iron plates or fitted with blades or spikes, and used as weapons.

The Hoplomachus (Greek "armed fighter") wore quilted, trouser-like leg wrappings, loincloth, a belt, a pair of long shin-guards or greaves, an arm guard (manica) on the sword-arm, and a brimmed helmet that could be adorned with a plume of feathers on top and a single feather on each side. He was equipped with a gladius and a very small, round shield. He also carried a spear, which the gladiator would have to cast before closing for hand-to-hand combat. The hoplomachi were paired against the Myrmillones or Thraeces.