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    Roman gladiators provided entertainment through fighting to the death with swords. They began fighting at funerals in 264 BC and were often slaves. The upper class in the Middle Ages enjoyed hunting while the poor had wrestling and running races, and knights competed in jousting tournaments with wooden weapons.

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    Roman gladiators provided entertainment through fighting to the death with swords. They began fighting at funerals in 264 BC and were often slaves. The upper class in the Middle Ages enjoyed hunting while the poor had wrestling and running races, and knights competed in jousting tournaments with wooden weapons.

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    Death To Provide Entertainment: Charioteers-Treated As Heroes

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    Roman gladiators provided entertainment through fighting to the death with swords. They began fighting at funerals in 264 BC and were often slaves. The upper class in the Middle Ages enjoyed hunting while the poor had wrestling and running races, and knights competed in jousting tournaments with wooden weapons.

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     ROMAN GLADIATORS (Rome)

    gladiators were men (or sometimes women)


    death to provide entertainment

    264 BC – first gladiators fought (funeral)


    gladiator – fights with a gladius (short sword)
    gladiatorial fight – munus

    gladiators were slaves


    Romans also liked chariot racing
    charioteers- treated as heroes

    SPORT IN THE MIDDLE AGES

    games for the poor - wrestling, running races and


    playing dice
    upper class - hunting
    Knights - fought with wooden lances, swords or
    maces (jousting)

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