The First Gladiator Fighting
The first Gladiator fighting started around 265 BC. The Gladiators could of have been men or women and sometimes volunteers from the crowd, who risked their lives to fight each other or wild animals for audiences like the Roman Empire and Roman Republic. They fought for fame, riches, and glory in arenas like the Colosseum in Rome.
Gladiators were solid men or women who were at their peak of fitness. Gladiators trained at special school that were designed for the purpose of gladiator fighting. There they practiced fighting with weapons like wooden swords. Gladiator fighting focused on the different fighting styles and weapons for different types of gladiators. For instance, there were net fighter gladiators that fought with weighted nets or
tridents and they trained by practicing throwing tridents and hand to hand combat. Many gladiators wore leather wraps around their wrist and arms, belts to carry their weapons and protect their waistline, and shoulder and leg guards.
Gladiators fought for many riches like gold coins, but they also fought for glory and fame. To some gladiators this seemed to be the perfect career choice, you got to be famous for killing people. But some societies gladiators were a disgrace and shameful, and this effected their public rights. There were societies though that were entertained with gladiator fighting.
Some ways gladiators and today athlete's are similar are both have to wear protective gear so they don't get hurt. Another way is both gladiator and modern day athlete have to take care of themselves and workout and be on diets. Also in the gladiator games there are referees like in any sport game a modern athlete plays in. There are many more ways they are similar but I only listed a few.
Differences between gladiators and modern day athletes are that gladiators killed their opponents when they had games, where modern athletes don’t try to hurt each other but sometimes accidents happen. Another reason they are different is gladiators used weapons during their games to fight other gladiators, while modern day athletes use equipment like a bat to hit a baseball but not other players. Again there are more differences between a gladiator and modern day athlete.
Gladiators were solid men or women who were at their peak of fitness. Gladiators trained at special school that were designed for the purpose of gladiator fighting. There they practiced fighting with weapons like wooden swords. Gladiator fighting focused on the different fighting styles and weapons for different types of gladiators. For instance, there were net fighter gladiators that fought with weighted nets or
tridents and they trained by practicing throwing tridents and hand to hand combat. Many gladiators wore leather wraps around their wrist and arms, belts to carry their weapons and protect their waistline, and shoulder and leg guards.
Gladiators fought for many riches like gold coins, but they also fought for glory and fame. To some gladiators this seemed to be the perfect career choice, you got to be famous for killing people. But some societies gladiators were a disgrace and shameful, and this effected their public rights. There were societies though that were entertained with gladiator fighting.
Some ways gladiators and today athlete's are similar are both have to wear protective gear so they don't get hurt. Another way is both gladiator and modern day athlete have to take care of themselves and workout and be on diets. Also in the gladiator games there are referees like in any sport game a modern athlete plays in. There are many more ways they are similar but I only listed a few.
Differences between gladiators and modern day athletes are that gladiators killed their opponents when they had games, where modern athletes don’t try to hurt each other but sometimes accidents happen. Another reason they are different is gladiators used weapons during their games to fight other gladiators, while modern day athletes use equipment like a bat to hit a baseball but not other players. Again there are more differences between a gladiator and modern day athlete.