Roman Gladiators

The Gladiators in general were either condemned criminals, prisoners of war, slaves brought for the purpose of the games and muckle who volunteered on their feature will. The gladiatorial games reached their peak between the 1st snow BCE and the 2nd century CE. Men who attached a capital crime were sent to the gladiatorial arena without a weapon de contending themselves with their bare hands. The men who did not commit a capital crime were sent to takeing schools called Ludi. The soonest training schools were in Campania.At these schools they did not teach them to kill people but instead taught them to disable and capture their competitor. Criminals who trained in the schools were allowed to selection their own weapon and defence. If they survived a couple of years without dying they would win exculpatedom. The gladiators had to do what their owners (Lanista) told them to do otherwise they would be punished either by no provender or beaten up. The gladiators were condition a dequate food supplies eating 3-4 times a day and detectd medical care.The roman letters militaries success in war meant a big haul in of prisoners of war for the use in the gladiatorial games. Men who entered the games by free will had to take an oath in which they had to agree to the consequences of the game. This oath was beingness branded. Being chained. Being killed by an iron weapon. To pay for their food and intoxication they received with their blood and to suffer things even if they did not wish to. In the morning season of the games the Bestiarii or combatants who were taught to fight against animals were sent into the ring to fend for their lives against animals such as lions, tigers and bulls.Thousands of animals were slaughtered due to this proceeding. After these battles, unlucky men who had committed capital crimes were executed in front of the consentaneous crowd by a make. The winner of the gladiator battles received a palm counterbalance form the editor. If h e was outstanding he may even receive a laurel crown and money but the most sought after award was the wooden training sword or staff given by the editor. There were many different types of gladiators.The Thracian gladiators were prisoners who were sent to Capua to train for the games in amphitheatres. Their uniform consisted of light leather for the body, little helmet, light place and a small round shield. They were trained to run around their opponents this is wherefore they only had light gear. They had great mobility and stamina. Reziarius were equipped with a long discharge which was used to trip and trap their opponents, a fuscina (trident) which was their offensive weapon. They also had a small dagger which they used to give the final blow.They wore leather for security measure and no helmet or shield to deflect their opponents strikes this is why they had to by immediate and fit. The Dimacheri had two short swords and only two short leather weapon system guards to prot ect themselves. Speed was their speciality, they ran around their opponent and quickly evaded them making the opponent tired before killing him. Sannita were part of the heavy uniform gladiators. They wore a metal plate to protect the chest a long shield, a helmet with a grid to cover the eyes and a long sword to attack.These gladiators were slow but effective within the ring. The Generic gladiators had no exceptional skill they were used to fill up the space when the event went the whole day or more. Other types of gladiators include the Provocatores, Sesterziarii, Catervrii, Mirmillion, Essedarii, Paegnaria (dwarfs). The weapons of the gladiators consist of fascina(harpoon), galea(visored helmet), galerus(metal shoulder piece), gladius(sword), hasta(lance), iaculum(net), manicae(leather jostle or wrist bands),parma(round shield) ,scutum(large shield) and sica(curved scimitar).