A gladiator (Latin: gladiator ' swordsman ', from Latin 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. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and social standing by ...

Spartacus [a] (/ ˈ s p ɑːr t ə k ə s /; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts of his life come primarily from Plutarch and Appian, who wrote more than a century after his death.

2025年1月17日 · Gladiator, professional combatant in ancient Rome. The gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals. At shows in Rome these exhibitions became wildly popular and increased in size from three pairs at the first known exhibition in 264 BCE to 300 pairs in the time of Julius Caesar (died 44 BCE).

2024年11月16日 · According to works by Lucius Flavius Philostratus, an Athenian Greek philosopher and citizen of the Roman Empire alive in the second and third centuries AD, gladiators adopted a four-day training regime from Greek trainers called the tetras.

2024年5月18日 · Gladiators, as we typically envision them, were not part of ancient Greek society. However, there were similar forms of combat and sporting events that held similarities to gladiatorial combat. In this article, we will explore the evidence surrounding this question and shed light on the nature of combat sports in ancient Greece.

2023年8月1日 · Gladiators were grouped according to the types of weaponry and armor (armaturae) they used, each requiring its own strategy and fighting style. In the broadest terms, gladiators were either lightly armored or heavily armed, the former requiring speed and agility, the latter relying on skill and precision.

2025年2月19日 · Spartacus (died 71 bce) was a leader in the Gladiatorial War (73–71 bce) against Rome. Who was Spartacus? Overview of Spartacus's life, including a discussion of the Gladiatorial War. A Thracian by birth, Spartacus served in the Roman army, perhaps deserted, led bandit raids, and was caught and sold as a slave.

2009年1月23日 · An analysis of gravestones reveals that Greek gladiators presented themselves as being very similar to athletes – the gravestones praised their beauty and their propinquity to heroes. The spread of gladiatorial games in the Greek world, therefore, represents not only a process of acceptance and appropriation, but also of reinterpretation.

2024年5月6日 · The Thracians were famous warriors, hired as mercenaries by the ancient Greeks and Romans, also known for the legendary gladiator Spartacus.

2024年9月6日 · Gladiator styles inspired by the Gauls, Samnites, and Thracians were among the most ubiquitous in the arena, but there was also a class of gladiators based on the traditional ancient Greek form of fighting. The hoplomachus (plural: hoplomachii) was a Roman gladiator armed to imitate an ancient Greek hoplite.