Most were despised as slaves, schooled under harsh conditions, socially marginalized, and segregated even in death. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and social standing by appearing in the arena. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his defeat to the referee), and one of a matched pair.Ī gladiator ( Latin: gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), about 2nd century AD.
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