Although gladiators were clearly Roman, the values presented in gladiatorial single combat were central to Greek culture as well as to Roman.
The parties, or champions on their behalf, would fight in formal single combat and the winner would be deemed to be the successful party in the case.
The tournament in this period was no carefully regulated single combat, but a great mêlée involving hundreds of knights, mimicking and rehearsing for warfare.
The soldiers were trained relentlessly in fighting in formation with different types of weapons, and also single combat.
The English knights knew their only chance was to break the Scottish formation - so they tried to draw individuals into single combat.
Synonyms
affair of honour, mano-a-mano
Definition of single combat in US English:
single combat
nounˈsɪŋɡəl kəmˈbæt
Fighting between two people.
一对一的决斗
these two have been engaging in single combat for years
Example sentencesExamples
The parties, or champions on their behalf, would fight in formal single combat and the winner would be deemed to be the successful party in the case.
The English knights knew their only chance was to break the Scottish formation - so they tried to draw individuals into single combat.
Although gladiators were clearly Roman, the values presented in gladiatorial single combat were central to Greek culture as well as to Roman.
The tournament in this period was no carefully regulated single combat, but a great mêlée involving hundreds of knights, mimicking and rehearsing for warfare.
The soldiers were trained relentlessly in fighting in formation with different types of weapons, and also single combat.