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"rudis" (the staff received by the gladiator on his discharge) with the adjective "rudis" (rude).
The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578
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The summa rudis is understood to have been an ex-gladiator acting as a referee during most, if not all, fights in the arena.
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With an anger at the perceived injustice that echoes down the ages, friends and family created his tombstone and its epitaph: "Fate and the cunning treachery of the summa rudis killed me."
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The summa rudis is understood to have been an ex-gladiator acting as a referee during most, if not all, fights in the arena.
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Fate and the cunning treachery of the summa rudis killed me.
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With an anger at the perceived injustice that echoes down the ages, friends and family created his tombstone and its epitaph: "Fate and the cunning treachery of the summa rudis killed me."
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"What the summa rudis has obviously done is stepped in, stopped the fight, allowed Demetrius to get back up again, take back his shield, take back his sword, and then resume the fight."
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Hope or possibly final condemnation for men in black the world over this week as professor Michael Carter from Brock University has finally translated a gladiator's tombstone and epitaph that blames his untimely death firmly on the man in the middle - the summa rudis – referee of the arena.
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Fate and the cunning treachery of the summa rudis killed me.
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"What the summa rudis has obviously done is stepped in, stopped the fight, allowed Demetrius to get back up again, take back his shield, take back his sword, and then resume the fight."
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