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Katniss, Johanna, and Finnick as the types of gladiators they would fight as if they were in ancient Rome. Traditionally, the only female gladiators were the amazones, who had their own fighting style, but for the sake of fun, I let Katniss and Johanna be whatever type fit them. 

Katniss, Sagittarius "Mounted Bowman": The sagittarii were gladiators who fought with a bow and arrows from horseback. They were not used in common, day-to-day fights but participated in reenactments of battles and hunts. Due to their long-distance abilities, they were paid very well so that they could be trusted to not shoot the spectators. A sagittarius was armed with a short, curved bow and wore scaled armor and a pointed hat. They carried no shield.

Johanna, Provocator "Challenger": There were no common types of gladiators that regularly fought with an axe. However, I was able to find this mosaic: i.stack.imgur.com/Cti3T.jpg In the upper right, it depicts a gladiator holding an axe. This gladiator has the armor and shield of a provocator, though his helmet is slightly different than the one traditionally worn by that type. Provocatores were only pitted against other provocatores. They were armed with a sword and carried a large, rectangular shield. They wore a metal grieve on their leading leg, arm guard on their sword arm, and breastplate. They were the only gladiator to wear a breastplate, which was most helpful in determining the type of gladiator pictured in the mosaic. Their helmets had no crests (though, I gave Johanna's a crest to more closely match the one in the mosaic) and were decorated with feathers on either side. 

Finnick, Retiarius "Net Fighter": Retiarii were styled to resemble fishermen and fought against secutores and murmillos, which were heavily armored and resembled fish. Retiarius fighting style was very evasive, which earned them less respect than other gladiator types that fought more aggressively. The retiarius was lightly armored with only a shoulder and arm guard, no helmet or shield. They were armed with a trident, net, and dagger. Some retiarii wore tunics instead of the more manly loincloth and bare chest, making them more effeminate and further decreasing their status among the other types. I, however, let Finnick go with just a loincloth, because who doesn't want to see bare-chested Odair?

I probably will make more, depending on which/how many characters I want to include and if I can find good types to fit those. There is a possibility of this spiraling into a whole RomeAU fanfiction. Ok, I did: evanesce24.deviantart.com/art/…

EDIT 1/27: Added Gale

Gale, Thraex "Thracian or Curved Sword": Picking a gladiator style for Gale was a bit different than for the others. I didn't want to make another sagittarius, and bestiarius (beast-fighter) didn't quite fit him. The choice of thraex is more based on his character than weapon of choice, since gladiators didn't exactly have guns and bombs. Thraexes fought with short, curved swords, and protected themselves with small, square shields. Armor consisted of leather protection on the sword arm, padded leg wrappings, and thigh-high greaves. Their helmets were very distinctive with their large crests, wide brims, and griffin figure. The griffin is commonly associated with Nemesis, the goddess of revenge and bringing wrongdoers to justice. This was a big reason I chose this gladiator for Gale. Another major reason for this choice was that thraex is the style that Spartacus fought as. Spartacus was one of the leaders of the uprising that became the Third Servile War. Common opponents of the thraex were murmillos and hoplomachi. 
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