lanista

Vatia was a lanista, an entrepreneur who bought and trained gladiators, whom he then hired out to the producers of gladiatorial games.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Vatia was a lanista, an entrepreneur who bought and trained gladiators, whom he then hired out to the producers of gladiatorial games.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Vatia was a lanista, an entrepreneur who bought and trained gladiators, whom he then hired out to the producers of gladiatorial games.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Vatia was a lanista, an entrepreneur who bought and trained gladiators, whom he then hired out to the producers of gladiatorial games.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Subulo, lanista and hister, for instance, are masculine nouns borrowed from Etruscan.

The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone 2009

"Subulo, lanista and hister, for instance, are masculine nouns borrowed from Etruscan."

The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone 2009

The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009