James Lawrie Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Does anyone have any information on the Collegium Armariorum, such as when it was founded and under what rules it operated and who was permitted to join? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Society of the Cupboards? I haven't come across that before and can't find any reference to it. I suspect you were hoping for something about weaponry which is the meaning of the root Arma, but the inflection is rather different. Do you have any context that would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Lawrie Posted October 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, caldrail said: Society of the Cupboards? I haven't come across that before and can't find any reference to it. I suspect you were hoping for something about weaponry which is the meaning of the root Arma, but the inflection is rather different. Do you have any context that would help? According to a single source it was a collegium for gladiators. I was wondering how such a thing could exist, the bulk of gladiators being unfree. It's from the mid to late Republican period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 I see. I would question whether such a collegium would happen since gladiators within a familia already had all the fraternity they needed. There's no mention of such a collegium in anything I've come across and if you think about it, Rome is not going to let slaves and trained fighters organise themselves. They wouldn't let fighters who spoke the same language stay together, and from the sources I gather there was a sort of status thing going on between different classes of gladiators that would mitigate against a collegium as well. If I find anything I'll revise my opinions, but for now, I would treat this Collegium Armariorum with raised eyebrows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.