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Gladiators are icons of Ancient Rome, immortalized by Hollywood as brutal warriors who fought to the death in packed arenas at the comman...
The majority were slaves and prisoners of war, but there were distinct categories:
Gladiators were trained in specialized schools called a ludus (plural: ludi). The most famous was the Ludus Magnus, adjacent to the Colos...
Each type had specific equipment, techniques, and opponents. Fights were carefully organized to create balanced and visually distinct com...
Chemical analyses of gladiator bones found in a cemetery in Ephesus (Turkey, discovered in 1993) revealed a diet that surprised researchers:
Gladiatorial games (munera) were elaborate events that could last days or weeks. A typical day at the Colosseum:
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