Are You Mocking Me?
Instead of an actual gladiatorial battle, there was a mock battle that some gladiators participated in. In Ancient Rome, the mock battle was called the prolusio. In a prolusio, the gladiators would be given blunt weapons to use in this battle. These gladiators used these weapons to prevent any serious wounds from this match because of the time when prolusio occurs. The prolusio would occur right before the start of any gladiatorial fights. |