Let the Games Begin!
The most obvious spectacle that gladiators are involved in are the gladiatorial combats. In these battles often gladiators are paired off to fight with a gladiator with a different specialty. Most of the time gladiators of the same type would not face each other, unless the match is fixed where one man would have heavier gear compared to the other one. Majority of these battles are meant to put on a show, not kill the opponent. Before the start of the battle the gladiators would say this phrase to the person running the game known as the editor: "Nos morituri te salutamus" (We who are about to die salute you)
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Here is a video from people who reenacted arena fights. The video tries to portray how gladiator fights would be like in Ancient Rome. |