Editing Roman Lanista

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Roman Lanista
|native =
|image = ACO Roman Lanista.png
|birth = 
|death = 47 BCE<br>[[Cyrenaica]], [[Roman Republic]]
|species = [[Human]]
|database = 
|affiliates = Cyrene [[Gladiator School]]
}}
The '''Roman Lanista''' served as the head trainer of the [[Gladiator School]] outside of [[Cyrene]] in [[Cyrenaica]] during the 1st century BCE. He was also the employer of the {{Wiki|Thracian}} gladiator [[Polymestor]], who won him many battles and riches.

==Biography==
===Head of the Gladiator School===
Primarily operating as the head trainer of the Gladiator School outside Cyrene, the Roman Lanista often exchanged correspondence with a fellow lanista by the name of [[Faunus]], who operated in the city of {{Wiki|Tarraco}} in {{Wiki|Hispania}}, usually to make purchases and sales of gladiators that included [[Albiorix]] and [[Tarbus]].<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> Of his most well-known and best fighter was the Thracian Polymestor, who gained fame as the Thracian Bear and won him battles across the [[Roman Republic]], gaining him large amount of wealth. After fighting for many years, Polymestor sought to gain his freedom to start a new life. However, the Lanista refused to grant him freedom, seeking to continue benefiting from his battles.<ref name="Entertained">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Are You Not Entertained?]]</ref>

Around 47 BCE, Polymestor fought in the [[Amphitheater of Cyrene]] against the famed Roman general [[Gaius Julius Caesar]]. Though Polymestor lost the battle, Caesar granted him freedom and gave him one of his [[Sword of the Free|sword]]. Nevertheless, the Lanista still refused to free Polymestor from his services. This resulting treatment ultimately led Polymestor to run away into hiding, taking along the sword Caesar has granted him.<ref name="Entertained" />

==Pursue of Polymestor and death===
[[File:ACO Are You Not Entertained 6.png|thumb|250px|The Lanista sending Bayek to the farm]]
Enraged by the gladiator's actions, the Lanista called for a bounty and employed Roman soldiers to locate Polymestor, seeking to regain Caesar's sword. At one point, the Lanista sent soldiers to the nearby [[Silphion Farm]], having learned that Polymestor had resided there. When Polymestor was nowhere to be found, the Lanista had the soldiers massacred the farm residents when they refused to disclose his whereabouts.<ref name="Entertained" />

Later on, the Lanista was visited by the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] who saw the bounty on Polymestor. After Bayek proved his capability to combat against Polymestor, the Lanista sent him to the farm, hoping the Medjay could find more information about the gladiator's wherabouts. The Lanista and his men shadow then secretly shadowed Medjay, eventually following him to a nearby fising village where Polymestor was hiding in. While Bayek dived down to the sea to retrieve the sword that Polymestor had tossed in, the Lanista and his men confronted the gladiator down by the beach. Despite their efforts, the Lanista and his men were defeated and killed by Polymestor with Bayek's help.<ref name="Entertained" />

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center">
ACO Are You Not Entertained 15.png|The Lanista and his men confronting Polymestor and Bayek
ACO Are You Not Entertained 16.png|The Lanista and soldiers fighting against the gladiator and Bayek
ACO Are You Not Entertained 17.png|The Lanista killed by Bayek
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''

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