Who They Are And Where They Come From
The three main sources of gladiators.
What are slaves, criminals and free volunteers?
This famous Thracian gladiator was quite the successful fighter before finally losing at Capua.
Who is Spartacus?
If you are down to fight against daddy Rome, be prepared to die, just like the 6,000 Spartacan rebels who died in this way at Capua.
What is crucifixion?
This group of people would sometimes seek the affection of gladiator "bad boys."
Who are noblewomen?
If you are related to them you are not to fight in the arena.
Who are the senators?
Whether in search of false glory or the recognition of the commoners, sometimes these people would enter the arena.
Who are the elites?
This emperor celebrated his triumph over Britannia with a set of lavish spectacles in 43 AD.
Who is Claudius?
What is sine missione?
The Latin word for those types of fighters who primarily did battle with women and animals.
Who are gladiatrices?
Before Ronald Reagan was President, he had this occupation which would have landed him in the same social class as the gladiators.
What is actor?
He was a dominant gladiator, son of Zeus and a big fan of live action role play.
Who is Commodus?
The owner of a ludi who fed and flogged the gladiators under them.
Who is the lanista?
This gladiator couldn't bear to leave the ludi... so he died there after doing this.
What is suicide via sticking a toilet scrubber down his throat?
She bathed in the blood of her gladiator lover. Best not to tell your emperor husband about your affairs!
Who is empress Faustina?
Roughly this many men fought under Spartacus against Rome.
What is 60,000 - 120,000?
Gladiators with these traits promised a good show and were reserved for fights in the capital city.
What are physical stamina and combat experience?
This man wrote that there is more honor in dying than killing.
Who is Seneca?
This emperor banned contests that forbade pleading for mercy. Clearly he didn't like watching brutal death THAT much.
Who is Augustus?
The minimum age for women who wanted to fight in the arena.
What is twenty years old?
These two gods fought in the games put on by Titus. Wow! Actual gods!
Who are Mars and Venus?
These men were two of the more infamous gladiators. They came from the imperial box and everyone hated watching them fight.
Who are Nero and Commodus?
The slave and lover of Vitellius who swayed the emperor's choices on many important political decisions.
Who is Asiaticus?
The odds that you would die in the arena if fighting as a gladiator.
What is 1 in 10 (1 in 5 losers)?
This emperor banned the appearance of women in the arena.
This emperor slaughtered 9,000 animals in the games that were dedicated to his amphitheater and baths.
Who is Titus?