Stay alive by fighting for his life at the expense of his opponent's life.
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The Romans called the gladiatorial games munera .
The Gladiatorial games and Gladiator history ended during the reign of the Emperor Honorius.
The gladiatorial games were organised ans funded by the emperors or the high officers of state.
The emperors and high ranking officers of state funded and organized the gladiatorial games in Rome.
Entertainment at funeral games is the hypothesized beginning of gladiator games. These soon evolved into a spectator event.
Stay alive by fighting for his life at the expense of his opponent's life.
The gladiatorial games were held at the amphitheatres which were arenas for these games. Pompeii had its amphitheatre like many other Roman towns.
It is said that the first gladiatorial games were held in the Italian area of Campania as a victory celebration. The first gladiatorial contests in Rome itself were held in 246 BC as a "mundus" or funeral duty.
Athena was not a gladiator: a) she was a goddess; b) she was a Greek goddess. The Greeks did not have gladiatorial combats.
It is not clear what exactly you want to know because your question does not specify anything. The gladiators were professional fighters who fought at the gladiatorial combats of the gladiatorial games in the amphitheatres (arenas). The most famous arena is the Colosseum in Rome, whose real name was Flavian Amphitheatre. Most of them were slaves. Most belonged to the gladiator trainers and some of them were bought by rich men because owning a gladiator was prestigious. They lived and trained at the gladiatorial schools.
If you were a slave that is a gladiator you would be freed if you accomplish many great tasks in the colosseum