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The brutal realities of gladiator life beyond the arena
When most people think of gladiators, they picture dramatic battles in massive arenas filled with cheering crowds. While those spectacles were very real, they only represented a small part of a ...
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6 gladiators who won their freedom
While not everything Hollywood depicts in movies is accurate, what is true is that Roman slaves could win their freedom in ...
Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator schools called ludus. Their diet was predominantly vegetarian, featuring barley-based meals ...
ROME, Italy (WKRC) - The Roman Colosseum will see action for the first time in almost 2,000 years thanks to Airbnb's new sweepstakes, but some have called the event "demeaning" and "a publicity stunt.
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