Most were considered as slaves, schooled under harsh conditions, socially marginalized even in death.
Their origin gladiators offered spectators in fighting or dying will. There is evidence of it in funeral rites during the Punic wars of the third century. The gladiator games lasted for thousands of years, the games early declined in the fifth century.
After the adoption of Christianity in
380, on later in the century's there was a man named Livy who wrote they was first held in 310.
These preference preformed most standard histories of
Roman games.
The most early know gladiator schools were in companion.
They had there first Punic war against Carthage.
Ownership of gladiators gave muscle and flair to Roman politics.
Gladiators games usually linked with beast shows, spread throughout the republic.
In times which people peace and peace relating to domestic affairs prevail to bloody demonstrations displease them.
It's not know how many gladiators were given out to the Roman period.
The Roman colosseum is situated just east of the Roman forum.
Although I don't know where the Roman forum is to be exact.
Roman gladiators was the heroes of antiquity. For more then 650 years people flocked to arenas across the empire.
They weren't always slaves they all wasn't brought to the arenas in chains. The demographic had started to change. They didn't always fight to death. They was organized to different classes and types it all just depend on how strong they were.
They rarely fought against animals women also fought ass gladiators females slaved were regularly condemned to the arena.