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Did gladiators originate in Greece or Etruria?
The custom of gladiators and such funeral games began with the Etruscans.
Do gladiators always get chosen to fight?
The task of gladiators was to fight at the gladiatorial games. Individual gladiators may not have been chosen for every single game. However, if not, they would fight in one of the subsequent games.
Why did the gladiators performed?
The gladiators performed because the Romans adored the gladiatorial games. Most gladiators were slaves who lived and trained at the gladiatorial schools. They had to perform.
Where did the roman gladiators work?
The gladiators lived and trained at the gladiatorial schools. They fought at the amphitheatre, the arena for the gladiatorial games.
What were the gladiator games and who were the gladiators?
The Gladiaters were slaves and servent And the Gladiater games were Entertertanment
What violent games were held in roman times to entertain the people?
Gladiators fighting gladiators, gladiators fighting animals, animals killing prisoners, animals killing animals, chariot races
What is the building called that the Romans held the games of the gladiators?
The Colosseum.
Who attended the gladiators games?
The king and Queen and the people of rome
Who sponsored the games for the gladiators?
Usually by politicians trying to entertain the public.
What is the name of the type of arena that gladiators fought in?
Gladiatorial games were held at the amphitheatre.
How many pairs of gladiators fought on one day in the Colloseum?
The gladiators were not held at the colosseum, they just fought there. They lived in gladiatorial schools. The number of gladiators who fought there changed depending on how the gladiatorial games were organised. In 65 BC Julius Caesar transformed what used to be private combats as part of funerary rites (numera) into public games. He had 320 pairs gladiators fight in silver armour. When emperors organised the games, they could be on a large scale. Trajan was said to have celebrated his victory in the Dacian Wars with 10,000 gladiators fighting over 123 days.
Where did roman gladiators stay before fighting in the arena?
under the Colosseum (the tunnels)
