Reasons Why Rome Wanted

Gladiator Fights
• Romans liked watching people die
• Romans thought that there gods like
watching gladiator fights also
• When criminals were killed, the gods liked
to see justice done
 Types of Gladiators
• Thracian • Retairius • Secutor Andabatae
Catervarii
- carried a small - wore only a loin - carrying a large Dimacheri
square shield,
wore either a full cloth and a metal oval or Equites

visored helmet shoulder-piece rectangular shield Essedarii

or an open faced on the left arm, and a sword or Hoplomachi
helmet with a and carried a net, dagger, leather Laqueatores
wide brim, and a dagger, and a bands at the elbow Meridiani
carried a curved trident or fish and wrists and a
Thracian sword Myrmillo
with an angled harpoon. round or high- Ordinarii
bend in the visored helmet. Provocator
blade. Retiarius
Samnite
Secutor
Thracian
 Weapons
• fascina: harpoon
• galea: visored helmet
• galerus: metal shoulder piece
• gladius: sword
• hasta: lance
• iaculum: net
• manicae: leather elbow or wrist bands
• ocrea: metal or boiled leather greave
• parma: round shield
• scutum: large shield
• sica: curved scimitar
• subligaculum: loin cloth
 Gladiator Information
• Gladiators were different from Roman
citizens because most of them were slaves
• Patricians paid for the close up seats, while
the poor got the far seats where it was hard
to see
• Gladiators had to fight for 3-5 years to earn
there freedom
 Other Gladiator Information
• Slaves were mostly the people that fought each
other
• Gladiators fought wild animals
• Gladiators used the armor and weapons that best
fitted them
• Romans treated the animals badly and didn’t feed
them.
• Usually the gladiator fights were to the death
 Gladiator Questions
• Q: Compare and contrast the difference between a
gladiator and a Roman citizen
• A: Most gladiators were slaves
• Q: How long did gladiators have to fight to earn there
freedom?
• A: 3 to 5 years
• Which type of gladiator carried a small square shield and
wore a full visored helmet?
• A: Thracian
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