User blog comment:The Deadliest Warrior, Jr./Viking vs. Gladiator - Video Battle/@comment-3524457-20110403010717

now by shield, are we refering to the cheep ass one on the show, that isn't historically correct and is hardly reinforced? the one that is just a steel domed plate in the center and reinforced by cloth around it? or is it the correct one, with not only the piece of steel in the center but a steel reinforcement around the shield, and steel reinforced steel on the back of it supporting it across the top and bottom? another question, vikings didn't only use one type of shield... they had a war shield and they had the buckler. the war shield is big, but relatively slow... or is it the buckler which is very fast and very mobile? if its the buckler i give it to the viking just out of the mobility advantage of it, his speed compared to the gladiator would be a fair amount greater, but if its the war shield then i am not entirely sure, i think if its the war shield i may give it to the gladiator.. but i am undecisive about that... and equipment wise... which kind of viking are we talking about? Swedish, Danish, Norse, Icelandic, or Germanic? or just for the fun of it, Canadian?

i think overall i would have to say my edge is to the viking, vikings where trained and expierenced against a vast array of tactics and warriors all of these warriors would be fighting with different tactics so the vikings needed to come up with new tactics and styles to fight them. plus viking has chainmail... gladiators to my understanding had minimal armor...

...oh XD forgot russian vikings too... the swedish vikings groups and tribes settled in Russia as well... XD