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Gladiators
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*What are the gladiators?*What did they fight with?*Where did they fight?*Why did they fight?*What did they fight?
*Did they get to chose to be gladiators?
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What are gladiators?
Gladiators were people (mostly men) who risked there life for entertainment for Julius Caesar and
other Romans. Gladiators were named after a sword called the gladius
and they also used shields.
A gladius
What did they fight with?
•they fought with piliums (spears), bow and arrows, roman daggers, swords (gladius) and shields plus whips, war chains, nets, javelin, darts.
•Gladiators fought in the coliseums that is an oval shape like cake-tin. The coliseum was like a rugby stadium to gladiators.
•Gladiators played ten - twelve days in a year.
•They had seats for a limited time.
Where did they fight?
Why did they fight?
•Gladiators fought because the Romans thought that their gods liked watching the fights.
DID YOU KNOW? Gladiator
fights started at funerals to
honor the dead.
WHAT DID THEY FIGHT?
•Gladiators fought bears,lions, tigers, bulls,alligators,ostriches and other gladiators. They sometimes fought all of them at once. DID YOU KNOW
Gladiators could request
to fight other Gladiators
from different parts of
Rome.
Did they get to chose to be a gladiator?•Sometimes gladiators had a choice
because some Romans believe it or not, volunteered to be a gladiator but if they were slaves or criminals. If they were slaves they could win their freedom if they won a tournament. DID YOU DID YOU
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bibliography
•Ancient Rome By Samson James
•http//www.history 4 Kids.org //learn/romans/games/circus.htm
Quiz
•What is a gladius?
•What are gladiators?
•Where did gladiators fight?
•What are some weapon?
•How did slave gladiators win their freedom.
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