You view two short bronze shin-guards (ocreae) that can be strapped to the shins by leather thongs strung through the side rings; these give a gladiator flexibility and the ability to bend his legs, but leave his knees vulnerable to wounds. You note that one of these greaves is decorated with an embossed relief of Minerva, and the other with Venus on a ship. Another shin-guard bears a relief of the Palladion (side view; replica). You picture a burly Murmillo or a menacing Secutor wearing one of these on his left leg.