Thus began a centuries-long custom of brutal, bloody battles between gladiators in the city of Rome. According to the Roman author Ausonius, the fight in honor of Brutus Pera involved six slaves ...

most gladiators were prisoners or enslaved people from places that Rome was fighting wars with. And what you wore when you fought in a gladiator contest depended on where you came from.

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman ... fight to the death before cheering crowds of thousands. As the contests became more organized ...

Roman historian Suetonius records that the emperor Domitian made female gladiators fight at night and by torchlight, while poet Juvenal describes women who decide to fight in unflattering terms.

“In Rome, there was a hearty souvenir business ... features a frieze of four gladiators fighting and has the names of each gladiator emblazoned upon it. As with today’s influencers ...

Not only were gladiators pitted against each other, but gladiators fighting animals and animal ... A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours ...