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{{Short description|Type of Roman gladiator}}
[[File:Detail of Gladiator mosaic, a Thraex (left) fighting a Murmillo (right), Römerhalle, Bad Kreuznach, Germany (8196070427).jpg|thumb|250px|A Thraex (left) fighting a [[murmillo]], mosaic from [[Bad Kreuznach#Antiquity|Bad Kreuznach]], Germany]]
The '''Thraex''' ({{plural form }}: '''Thraeces'''), or '''Thracian''', was a type of Roman [[gladiator]]
==Fighting style and techniques==
[[File:Knife handle Thraex Musée BnF Froehner930a.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Thraex sculpted from ivory as a knife handle (2nd century AD)]]
A passage in Petronius indicates that "Thracian" was a style of gladiatorial fighting taught in training schools.{{sfn|Carter|2006|p=104, citing ''[[Satyricon]]'' 45.12}} An inscription records a ''doctor thraecum'', a teacher of would-be Thracians.{{sfn|Carter|2006|p=104}}
==See also==
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==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite journal
| last =Carter
| first =M. J.
|author-link =
| title = Gladiatorial Combat: The Rules of Engagement
| date =2006
| journal =Classical Journal
| volume = 102
| issue = 2
| pages =97-114
| jstor = 30038038
}}
*[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1873-0820-53 Bronze figurine of a gladiator - British Museum]
*[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1907-0518-4 Terracotta figurine of 2 gladiators - British Museum]
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==External links==
{{commonscat|Thraces}}
* [https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cf42fd3fc263df78531de39b1defb3273f23d417/0_29_3072_1843/master/3072.jpg?width=1225&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7a5280bf03ded67077945c13bafb255a Fresco of a murmillo and Thracian fighting], found in [[Pompei]] in 2019
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