The Gladiator

The portrayal of Roman gladiators in modern media is consistant in its depiction of gruesome battles between two men, usually slaves or criminals, in which one almost always inevitably dies. While this circumstance did occur in ancient times, there is also strong evidence showing that this was not always the case. It is true that slaves and criminals, as well as prisoners of war, were the main source of gladiators, however in later years there were freemen and freedmen who joined the gladiatorial

Who were the gladiators? Gladiators were condemned criminals, prisoners of war or slaves in Ancient Rome except for a few professional gladiators that were free men who volunteered hoping to get fame, and wealth. They trained to fight in gladiator schools with the armor and weapons of their choice. Gladiators fought in big arenas only once or twice a year from 105BCE to 404CE. Most of the time gladiators fought in arenas but sometimes the ruler forced others to fight. Gladiators had the opportunity

Life as a Gladiator In the last decade there has been several movies that have raised many misconceptions about Gladiators. Gladiators are often portrayed as being among the lowest in the Roman Empire social orders and composed of slaves and prisoners of war. Which is true, but a large majority of the Gladiators were often considered celebrities in the public eye and were treated with respect. There were many levels of Gladiators during the Roman Empire. Some were free men given great respect

David Kopec Professor Koranda Humanities 101 1 March, 2015 Oral Presentation- Gladiators The Romans were known for living a life with violence. They enjoyed watching prisoners of war, slaves, and criminals fight beasts or be publically executed. Those who fought in the arena against beasts or other people were known as gladiators. The first gladiatorial fight was in 264 A.D. The fight honored a dead consul who passed away. A group of 3 slaves were chosen to fight. This event drew a large crowd and

The movie Pompeii portrays two slaves fighting as gladiators in ancient Rome and the eruption of a nearby volcano. Gladiators were people who were armed with a weapon to in a public area against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the audience (dictionary.com). There, gladiator fights occurred often in arenas. One of the most famous was the Colosseum. Half of the time, gladiators were actually slaves (Wood). Though they seldom died, other spinoffs of their battles would transpire

movies depict gladiators as slaves fighting wild animals, criminals, or other gladiators. Hollywood also depicts gladiatorial fights as free for all’s. However this is not true, the games operated under strict rules. According to , the contest where between men of the same size and the same experience, there were referees that over saw and even stopped fights when one gladiator was seriously injured, and with the expense of training, housing and feeding, promoters taught the gladiators not to kill

and ultimate death. In the colosseum The gladiators fought during the time of the roman empire, 264 BC. The sad part of this is that these gladiators were slaves and were plucked to fight for pure entertainment, and for many other horrible reasons. The gladiators were often very misunderstood. Also the roman gladiator age was very terrible The way the way people think of the gladiators is not all so true some people think that the roman gladiator age it was a good lesson for the next people

People in Ancient Rome became Gladiators because they were trying to earn freedom, they wanted fame and money, or they were being forced to fight. The very first gladiator games was at a Roman cattle mart in 264 bc. Gladiators used a variety of weapons and defenses. Also, the games were very violent and popular because the spectators liked them so much. The gladiators were people who were slaves, prisoners, free men, and emperors. They were all referred to swordsmen at the time. Swordsmen comes

The Roman gladiator games were contests between a man and an animals before spectators and it was literally a fight for one's life, but not always. The Gladiator games are one of the most common and most popular information most people know about Ancient Rome. Romans let the animals starve to make them angry so they would fight better against the humans. The Roman Gladiators were usually men, although women fought too, it wasn't as common. They were often slaves, criminals, or prisoners of war. There

Darian Yang Paul Horne History 101 Western Civ. Through 1689 September 19, 2017 Gladiator (2000) by Scott Ridley In most historical movies directors often take an artistic approach to films. Gladiator was one of those movies and this understandable. Movies must be exciting to get people to come and watch the movie so can there can profit. Gladiator made new characters and changed personality of others. In the beginning of the movie the Romans are in battle with Germania. With General Maximus Decimus