jan 1, 300 BC - Gladiators

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§ Professional fighter (105 BCE – 404 CE)
§ Specialized with particular weapons / armor
§ Could be women (up to 200 CE – outlawed by
Septimius Severus)
§ Popular form of entertainment
§ Purpose-built arenas
§ Colosseum
§ Sometimes to the death
§ Majority enslaved people, condemned prisoners
§ Sometimes could gain freedom through victory

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