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Roman Gladiators Year 3 Home Learning Presentation by Tasleem Bhatti Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Roman Gladiators
Year 3 Home Learning Presentationby Tasleem Bhatti
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Life of a gladiator Gladiators were professional fighters in ancient Rome, who fought against each other, wild animals, and criminals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of the public.
The fights happened in arenas (like football stadiums) in cities all over the Roman Empire.
They were trained in using different weapons to make the fights interesting like nets, spears, tridents, daggers and swords.
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A Roman gladiator mosaicWednesday, 9 January 2013
Did you know...?Most gladiator fights were NOT to the death!
In fact, if a gladiator did die in the arena, the organiser of the fight would have to pay the trainer the value of the fighter.
In the few fights that were to the death, the crowd put their thumbs up or down if they wanted the loser to die or live.
Nearly half of gladiators were free citizens who fought for money and fame.
But most gladiators were slaves from far away lands who had been captured by the Romans in battle.
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A fight in the arenaWednesday, 9 January 2013
Fighter foodsThey mostly ate cereals and vegetables.
Olive oil was a healthy sauce.
They were not allowed to eat fried cakes, boiled meat ,and cold drinks.
They would drink goats milk with honey and walnuts as an energy drink.
When they ate their last dinner before the fight they stuffed themselves for hours.
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Guess what?
The first match took place in 264BC as part of a funeral ritual. Two men arranged it to honour their fathers’ death with 3 pairs of slaves.
You can still see the ruins of the largest ever built stadium called the Colosseum where gladiators fought. It could hold 50,000 people!
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