Drapaes

Drapaes

First appearance	S0E04: Beneath The Mask
Last appearance	S0E04: Beneath The Mask
Profession	Gladiator (unknown house)
Race	Thracian
Relationships	None
Status	Deceased (Killed by Caburus)
Actor/Actress	Uncredited

Drapaes is a gladiator who fights for an unknown ludus. He appears exclusively in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

Character Outline[]

Little is known about Drapaes, except that he fights in the thraex style. He is equipped with the standard sica (curved sword) and shield of his class, and wears a plumed helmet, leg greaves and a manica on his right arm.

Gods of the Arena[]

Drapaes death — Drapaes has his heart ripped out by Caburus.

Following Ashur and Dagan's first match, the thraex, Drapaes, is pitted against the newly acquired champion of the House of Vettius: Caburus. Drapaes proves no match for the massive and powerful murmillo, Caburus. Soundly defeated and killed by a sword thrust through the chest, his heart is then torn from his body by his victorious foe.

Trivia[]

He is the only other Thracian, excluding Spartacus, to have been featured as a gladiator.
Historically, having been Thracian, Drapaes wouldn't have been trained as a Thraex, the style modelled on Thracian culture. This was done by Lanista's as a way to avoid stirring up their national pride.