Gladiators were slaves forced to fight in arenas for entertainment. They trained in schools to fight with weapons like swords, shields, and tridents against different types of opponents. The most popular gladiator games took place in the Colosseum starting in 80 AD. Gladiators came from war prisoners and slaves, and fought hoping to receive prizes or earn freedom by impressing the crowd with their combat skills.

1. Gladiators
By Yarden Cohen

2. Who are gladiators?
Gladiators are slaves that are forced to fight in
arenas.

3. What did they do
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They trained in school.
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They fought against whoever was in front of
them.
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And could also receive prizes.

4. Were they fought
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In 80 A.D. the games began in the Colosseum,
the blood bath of Rome.
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The first recorded gladiator games were in 264
B.C.

5. Where do they come from
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Gladiators are / were:
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War prisoners
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Slaves
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Rome’s prisoners

6. The most populer types of
gladiators
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Samnite-A gladiator that was armed with a
short sword, rectangular shield, and a helmet.
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Retiarius (net fighter)-A type of Gladiator that
was trained to throw a net on his opponent and
then put a trident in them.
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Thracian-This is a Gladiator that was armed in
Thracian style, with a rectangular shield called
a Parmula and sword that had a slightly
curved short blade called called the Sica.

7. The schools
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The schools are where you trained to be a
gladiator.
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When they tell you what your going to be, it
determines everything. If you a Retiarius you
were a dead man; if you a Samnite you had a
chance.
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The people that are training next to to you in
line are fighting beside you one round but the
next round they’re slaughtering you.

8. Fascinating facts
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Women once fought as gladiators and then that
was banned in A.D. 200
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Gladiators when in training didn’t even have
real weapons to train with -- everything was
made out of wood.

9. In the arena
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The biggest, largest game ever was held by
emperor Trajan in A.D. 107. He killed over
10,000 animals and 10,000 gladiators and it
took place in the Colosseum.
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If you were a great fighter you would be
rewarded with a wooden baton.
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At this point only the most spontaneous,
skilled gladiators could earn their freedom.
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The most fights ever won in Rome was by
Publius Ostorius, he won 51 fights.

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