How to Train Your Pet Gladiator
The gladiatorial schools, in which gladiators would be training, were called Ludi Gladiatorii. Within these schools, there was a trainer that was known as the lanista. When starting off as gladiators, they would be given a wooden sword known as a rudis for mock combat. They would also train in various weapons depending on the type of gladiator that they were. Of course, gladiators-in-training faced harsh physical training as well. |
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Here is a video from National Geographic that discusses the type of training that a gladiator would have undergone in a ludus, as well as mention where some of the ludus were located in Ancient Rome. |