Roman Gladiators reenactment gallery

Roman gladiators were sport stars of Ancient world

A reenactment of roman gladiators fighting

Gladiators were given the best care in order to win as many battles. In fact they, as slaves, had better privileges than most citizens of Rome

Gladiators usually fought one on one, but there were fights in which more fighters participated. Here we see a "free-for-all" battle.

Gladiators used a wide array of weapons and armor

Gladiator using a Gladius, standard Roman army sword

Although they had good privileges and care, gladiators didn't have freedom

A gladiator that refused to obey was usually punished by death

Gladiator Spartacus started a famous slave revolt in which gladiators fought the Roman army

Gladiators were eventually defeated and many of them were sentenced to death as a revenge

Gladiator fights were eventually outlawed when Christianity became the mainstream religion in Rome