1. Gladiators
By Aaron and Philippe

2. Info About The Gladiators
Gladiators were around in about 264 B.C.
They fought at special arenas
Most Gladiators were slaves,
prisoners of war, criminals
but sometimes free citizens
became Gladiators on there
own free will.

3. What Time Were Gladiators Around?
The first Gladiatorial fight was
in 264 B.C.
The Gladiators fought for 700
years before dying out.
Gladiatorial games were most
common during the funeral
games known as Munera.

4. What are Gladiators? Gladiators were slaves,
criminals and prisoners of war that
trained long and hard at special
schools and were sometimes free
citizens.
There were also women
Gladiators.

5. Where Gladiators fought
Gladiators fought in special
arenas.
The most famous and biggest
of these arenas was the Coliseum
in Rome.

6. Where the Gladiators Trained
Gladiators trained in special
schools owned by the state. These
Special schools were called ludi.
Gladiatorial barracks at Pompeii
A model of the gladiatorial barracks at Pompeii

7. Weaponry Gladiators had a massive arsenal of weapons, some of
these weapons were called:
Gladius: Sword
Fascina: Harpoon
Galea: Visored Helmet
Galerus: Shoulder Piece
Hasta: Lance
Parma: Round Shield
Scutum: Oblong Shield
Sica: Curved Sword
Weapons and shield from the
Gladiatorial Barracks at Pompeii

8. Gladiator diet The Roman Gladiators diet was
the most important part of there
life
The Gladiators had three square
meals a day.
The Gladiators diet consisted of
mostly proteins from vegetables
and cereals.

9. Gladiator the Movie
The plot of the movie Gladiator is that General Maximus Decimus Meridius goes and leads the Roman Empire to victory against the Germanians. And the dying Emperor wants Maximus to give Rome back to the people but the emperors son- Commodus becomes jealous kills his father and then kills Maximus’ family and then tries to kill Maximus. But Maximus escapes and is sold as a slave and becomes a gladiator when he isn’t defeated and gets to fight Commodus. When Commodus finds out about this he stabs Maximus in the lung before their fight but Maximus kills Commodus and then dies of his own wounds and joins his family in the after world.

10. How Accurate is the Movie Gladiator
The movie Gladiator is riveting
but historically inaccurate.
For example there was no last
great battle with the Germanian
Tribes on the eve of Marcus
Aurelius’ death in fact Marcus
Aurelius died the year after.
And Caesar Commodus wasn’t
killed by The Gladiator he was
killed by Narcissus on Dec 31,
AD 192.

11. Summary The Gladiators were around for 700 years before dying out.
Gladiators were slave, criminals and prisoners of war.
Gladiators trained in special
schools owned by the state. These
schools were called ludi.
Gladiators had a massive
arsenal of weapons. Some of these
weapons were the spear, sword
and shield.
Gladiator the movie is
historically inaccurate.

12. Bibliography
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