pug, adversary, antagonist, assailant, battler, brawler, bruiser, bully, combatant, competitor, contestant, duelist, enemy, fighter, foe, jouster, man-at-arms, mercenary, militant, opponent, pugilist, quarreler, rioter, rival, soldier, struggler, swordsman, thug, tough, warrior, prizefighter, Anglo-Saxon, barbarian, Celt, consul, Goth, plebeian, Roman, Saxon, the ancients ... more