gladiators
...osseum. The Colosseum was the main arena to watch gladiatorial games where gladiators fought among one another or against animals that were caught. The fighting area wa! s surrounded with seats and the floor of the arena was sand. Underneath the sand there was a maze of halls and machinery to help move animals used foe the gladiatorial games. Other events that took place in the Colosseum were The word gladiator means Prize Fighter. Ancient Rome used gladiators during war. Rome’s government needed many soldiers to fight in the army; so many slaves and prisoners were used to entertain the Romans during gladiator games. This kept the people of Rome used to fighting and used to the sight of people being killed. Most gladiators were slaves or soldiers taken prisoner during war and were sentenced to death. Gladiators were from so many different parts of Rome that many of them spoke different languages. Gladiators were trained to fight in special camps. There were many different kinds of gladiators. A Staminate was slow and heavily armed with a curved sword and shield. The faster gladiators were called Retiarus and Thraex. These gladiators were armed with nets and and a trident, which was a three-pronged spear. To make the fights fair, each type of gladiator fought against each Roman Gladiatorial Games Many people saw the roman gladiatorial games just as a public display of violence, but in actuality they were more. The original gladiatorial games were not to be used as a form of amusement they were originally used as a part of a funeral ritual. The original intention of the gladiatorial games was to honor the deceased whenever someone of special importance died....