Places
The city said to be larger than all other cities in Italy combined
Rome
the person who fights in the arena, to the delight of the crowd
gladiator
The place where the two men who had earlier fought literally ran into each other, but their interaction this time turned out to be friendly
The bath
The odds of a gladiator surviving a fight was around this percentage
Ninety percent
This person would have to pay to replace any gladiators who were killed in a show
the sponsor
The item that was commissioned to be built by the emperor Vespasian
The Colosseum
a free person who becomes a gladiator to pay off debt or pursue fame in the arena
contract gladiator
The number of people that could be seated in the construction project commissioned by Vespasian
50,000
This was the Latin word that the main character yelled, after he won his first gladiator fight
victoria!
In the film, this was the type of competition that happened before the next day's gladiatorial contests.
arm-wrestling
The nickname for the place where the main character was working, before he was chosen to go to gladiator school
"the pit"
The name of the main character
Verus
The nationality of the man with whom the main character picked a fight, in order to be considered for the gladiator school
Celtic
The amount of time a novice gladiator would train before being considered for an actual fight
three months
According to the main character's voiceover narration, there were none of these "in the pit"
old bones
The place where the Romans acquired the gold to fund the project commissioned by Vespasian
The Jewish temple in Jerusalem
the man with whom the main character picked a fight, in an attempt to be chosen for gladiator school
Priscus
The term for a male who provides a massage (hint: the term for a female who does so is "masseuse")
masseur
The goddess of chance, fortune, and revenge
Nemesis
The percentage of gladiators who were free people willingly choosing to become gladiators was almost this
fifty percent
The place which the main character was originally from
Moesia
the Latin word for the owner of a school of gladiators
a lanista
The name of Vespasian's son
Titus
Before it was called the "Colosseum" it was known as this
The Flavian Amphitheater
The reason the main character gave for why he lost his first gladiatorial match
his sword broke