In “Gladiator,” the only named woman character ... In her left hand, she holds a sica, a hooked sword, which she lifts skyward to celebrate her conquest. Yet, for years, historians failed ...
They carried a short, curved dagger called a sica, and a small shield. In the first century AD, the emperor Domitian, a fan of the murmillo gladiators, is said to have had a man thrown to the dogs ...
The defending champion has taken down two opponents, including a two-time gladiator of the forge. Smiths forge a gladiator favourite, the deadly sica.