What was a gladiator?

According to ancient Rome, gladiator was a person trained to fight with weapons.
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Gladiator:
- In Latin, Gladiator word stands for swordsman, as gladius mean sword.
- Gladiators were used to entertain people in Roman Empire by fighting against other gladiators, wild animals or some condemned criminals.
- Gladiators were supposed to encounter the violence fight, sometimes even losing their lives in the game while entertaining a group of people.
- Some gladiators were slaves, trained in very harsh condition to survive the fights.
- Other gladiators used to fight for the social achievement.
- Sometimes, the criminal can get a free life by achieving the positive result through gladiator fight.
- Just like normal crowd, gladiators also included people from different caste.
- The identification of them was done by their clothes as well as their equipment used to fight.
- The earliest gladiator in roman field were Samnite.
- They would fight with a short sword along with rectangular shield, greave and plumed helmet.
- Apart from this, there were other types of gladiators also who fought with their own different kind of equipment and different armour shields.
- Some gladiators even fought without any proper shield or equipment and just fought in tunic.
- The practice of gladiator stayed in Rome for about a thousand years.
- Sometimes, gladiators used to fight at theatres for the entertainment purpose of people.
Fun Facts:
- Gladiators fighting against wild animals, included animal such as lion.
- Women’s were also the part of gladiator practice.
- For a man to fight as a gladiator, his height and strength would determine what kind of gladiator he would become as well as the equipment he will use.
Additional Questions:
- Explain roman culture.
- What does gladiator mean?
- Explain the importance of roman culture in history.
True or False:
- Gladiators were human who could not fight.
- Fighting against wild animals is not considered in gladiators rule.
- Gladiator word stands for swordsman in Latin.
- Gladiators could fight against human as well as wild animals.
- Gladiators were trained to fight for the entertainment purpose of people.
Objective Quiz:
- Gladiator was a person trained to fight with ________.
- Swords.
- Words.
- Gun.
- None of the above.
- In Latin, gladius word stands for __________.
- Sword.
- Gun.
- Bomb.
- Hand.
- Gladiators were trained to fight against, ___________.
- Other gladiators.
- Wild animals.
- Criminals.
- All of the above.
- The practice of gladiator stayed in Rome for about ________.
- Thousand years.
- Lakh years.
- One year.
- All of the above.
- The earliest gladiator in roman field were __________.
- Samnite.
- Saint.
- Smeth.
- None of the above.
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