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 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.