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The Romans did not fight with the gladiators. The gladiators fought each other in the gladiatorial games. These games were the most popular form of entertainment.
The first recorded gladiatorial contest in Rome was in 264 BC. These contests were older than this. They did not originate from Rome. Some scholars thought that they were originally an Etruscan custom. It is now generally agreed that they originated from Campania, which then was the region around Naples, in southern Italy. Fourth century BC tomb frescoes from Paestum show paired fighters, with helmets, spears and shields, in a funeral blood rite which anticipate early Roman gladiator combats. The ancient historian Livy said that the first gladiatorial contests were held in 310 BC by the Campanians in celebration of their victory over their Samnite neighbours.
Originally the gladiatorial combats in Rome were part of the funerary rituals for funerals held privately by rich families. It was a blood rite (fight to the death) called munus Julius Caesar turned the combats into a public show in the 40s BC. The gladiatorial contests became part of the gladiatorial games which included many other events and lasted from 8 am to dusk. The combats stopped being fights to the death and sparing the defeated gladiator became common practice. The gladiatorial games included:
Displays of exotic animals
Animal hunts which replicated hunting scenes
Comic acts with clowns and dwarfs
Acrobatic and gymnastic acts
Tightrope walking
Music and dances
Animal acts similar to those at the circus
Tortures and executions
Boxing
Martial fights
Gladiatorial fights which were the highlight of the day
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