Gladiators Killers of men, animals and early christens

Killers of men, animals and early christens

Origins of a blood sport Like a sporting event the played and practiced in an arena known as an amphitheater, gladiator games where trained for and disciplined like any other sport and like sports of the ancient world originated from a religious event. The Romans believed that they inherited the games from the conquered etruscans but there is little evidence to support this instead most experts believe they began as low key funeral games.

Like a sporting event the played and practiced in an arena known as an amphitheater, gladiator games where trained for and disciplined like any other sport and like sports of the ancient world originated from a religious event.

The Romans believed that they inherited the games from the conquered etruscans but there is little evidence to support this instead most experts believe they began as low key funeral games.

Gladiator social class Gladiators ranked just above a slave and in most cases they where slaves though some free men fought as slaves as well though most where men disgraced in the eyes of his community and given the title infamus

Gladiators ranked just above a slave and in most cases they where slaves though some free men fought as slaves as well though most where men disgraced in the eyes of his community and given the title infamus

Types of Gladiators Gladiators came in many forms and most replicated foreign soldiers, amour differed among Gladiators and most barely gave any protection in combat as it was mostly meant to be flashy and flamboyant suggesting that Gladiators where thought of more as entertainers than real soldiers Their types where >Murmillo (dressed and armed like a Roman solider) hoplomachos or hoplomachus (dressed and armed like a Greek solider) Samite Retiarius Thraex or Thracian

Gladiators came in many forms and most replicated foreign soldiers, amour differed among Gladiators and most barely gave any protection in combat as it was mostly meant to be flashy and flamboyant suggesting that Gladiators where thought of more as entertainers than real soldiers

Their types where

>Murmillo (dressed and armed like a Roman solider)

hoplomachos or hoplomachus (dressed and armed like a Greek solider)

Samite

Retiarius

Thraex or Thracian

How they fought Originally gladiators fought man to man and even at their height many of the fights where 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 est. but gladiators where also used to reenact roman victories over rival nations so some times huge teams of men would be pitted against each other

Originally gladiators fought man to man and even at their height many of the fights where 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 est. but gladiators where also used to reenact roman victories over rival nations so some times huge teams of men would be pitted against each other

Popularity When Gladiator games became very popular most began to be idolized just like modern sporting heroes, this became most apparent during the peace between conquests as the people had no war heroes to admire It is suggestible that some Gladiators achieved much fame and affection among female Romans and many where thought of as “heart throbs” Even though a trained gladiator was only required to fight at least 2 to 3 times a year because of the scale of which the fights where growing to not many lived past their 5 year “contract” and where freed again

When Gladiator games became very popular most began to be idolized just like modern sporting heroes, this became most apparent during the peace between conquests as the people had no war heroes to admire

It is suggestible that some Gladiators achieved much fame and affection among female Romans and many where thought of as “heart throbs”

Even though a trained gladiator was only required to fight at least 2 to 3 times a year because of the scale of which the fights where growing to not many lived past their 5 year “contract” and where freed again

End of the Gladiator Not all gladiator games where loved by all and even some emporia's tried to ban them such as emporia’s Seneca, and Tertullian Barbarian attacks increased and a lot of funds went into counter attacks and organizing military ranks and weapons so privately funded shows went into decline christens sought to end the games because of the apparent “moral harm” that the spectators where witnessing (though they were all for animal on animal fights), Constantine did end the games briefly but illegal games still continued Eventually it was a combination of the collapse of the western half of the empire, lack of interest and the fact that Christianity was now the favored religion of the empire and many of the old ways were ruthlessly quashed and became illegal because of their apparent “heathen evil”

Not all gladiator games where loved by all and even some emporia's tried to ban them such as emporia’s Seneca, and Tertullian

Barbarian attacks increased and a lot of funds went into counter attacks and organizing military ranks and weapons so privately funded shows went into decline

christens sought to end the games because of the apparent “moral harm” that the spectators where witnessing (though they were all for animal on animal fights), Constantine did end the games briefly but illegal games still continued

Eventually it was a combination of the collapse of the western half of the empire, lack of interest and the fact that Christianity was now the favored religion of the empire and many of the old ways were ruthlessly quashed and became illegal because of their apparent “heathen evil”