1. Gladiators
By Yarden Cohen

2. Who are gladiators?
Gladiators are slaves that are forced to fight in
arenas.

3. What did they do
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They trained in school.
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They fought against whoever was in front of
them.
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And could also receive prizes.

4. Were they fought
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In 80 A.D. the games began in the Colosseum,
the blood bath of Rome.
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The first recorded gladiator games were in 264
B.C.

5. Where do they come from
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Gladiators are / were:
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War prisoners
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Slaves
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Rome’s prisoners

6. The most populer types of
gladiators
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Samnite-A gladiator that was armed with a
short sword, rectangular shield, and a helmet.
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Retiarius (net fighter)-A type of Gladiator that
was trained to throw a net on his opponent and
then put a trident in them.
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Thracian-This is a Gladiator that was armed in
Thracian style, with a rectangular shield called
a Parmula and sword that had a slightly
curved short blade called called the Sica.

7. The schools
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The schools are where you trained to be a
gladiator.
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When they tell you what your going to be, it
determines everything. If you a Retiarius you
were a dead man; if you a Samnite you had a
chance.
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The people that are training next to to you in
line are fighting beside you one round but the
next round they’re slaughtering you.

8. Fascinating facts
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Women once fought as gladiators and then that
was banned in A.D. 200
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Gladiators when in training didn’t even have
real weapons to train with -- everything was
made out of wood.

9. In the arena
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The biggest, largest game ever was held by
emperor Trajan in A.D. 107. He killed over
10,000 animals and 10,000 gladiators and it
took place in the Colosseum.
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If you were a great fighter you would be
rewarded with a wooden baton.
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At this point only the most spontaneous,
skilled gladiators could earn their freedom.
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The most fights ever won in Rome was by
Publius Ostorius, he won 51 fights.

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