Editing Gladiator (section)

===Armatures===
The gladiators may have held informal warm-up matches, using blunted or dummy weapons—some ''munera'', however, may have used blunted weapons throughout.<ref>{{harvnb|Carter|2004|pp=43, 46–49}}. In the Eastern provinces of the later Empire the state ''archiereis'' combined the roles of ''editor'', Imperial cult priest and ''lanista'', giving ''gladiatoria munera'' in which the use of sharp weapons seems an exceptional honour.</ref> The ''editor,'' his representative or an honoured guest would check the weapons (''probatio armorum'') for the scheduled matches.<ref>Marcus Aurelius encouraged the use of blunted weapons: see Cassius Dio's ''Roman History'', [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/72*.html#p51 71.29.4].</ref> These were the highlight of the day, and were as inventive, varied and novel as the ''editor'' could afford. Armatures could be very costly—some were flamboyantly decorated with exotic feathers, jewels and precious metals. Increasingly the ''munus'' was the ''editor'''s gift to spectators who had come to expect the best as their due.<ref>{{harvnb|Futrell|2006|pp=99–100}}; {{harvnb|Wiedemann|1992|p=14}}.</ref>
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Image:Roman myrmillones gladiator helmet with relief depicting scenes from the Trojan War from Herculaneum 1st century CE Bronze 01.jpg|[[Murmillo]] gladiator helmet with relief depicting scenes from the Trojan War; from [[Herculaneum]]
Image:Roman gladiator helmet found in the gladiator barracks in Pompeii 1st century CE.jpg|Helmet found in the gladiator barracks in Pompeii
Image:Roman gladiator helmet from Herculaneum Iron 1st century CE.jpg|Iron gladiator helmet from Herculaneum
Image:Gladiator helmet found in Pompeii and richly decorated with scenes of Greek mythology, Gladiators – Death and Triumph at the Colosseum exhibition, Museum und Park Kalkriese (9618142634).jpg|Gladiator helmet found in Pompeii, with scenes from [[Greek Mythology]]
Image:Antica roma, elmo con cresta, I-III secolo ca.jpg|Helmet from 1st–3rd century
Image:Ornate pair of gladiator shin guards depicting a procession of Bacchus from the gladiator barracks in Pompeii 01.jpg|Ornate gladiator shin guards from Pompeii
Image:Gladiator shin guard depicting the goddess Athena from the gladiator barracks in Pompeii 1st century CE.jpg|Shin guard depicting the goddess Athena
Image:Gladiator shin guard depicting Venus Euploia protectress of seafarers sitting on a ship shaped like a dolphin from Pompeii 1st century CE.jpg|Shin guard depicting [[Venus (mythology)#Epithets|Venus Euploia]] (Venus of the "fair voyage") on a ship shaped like a dolphin
Image:Heart-shaped spear head found in the gladiator barracks in Pompeii 1st century CE.jpg|Heart-shaped spear head found in the gladiator barracks in Pompeii
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