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All of this applied equally to freeborn or freed auctorati, whose oath subjugated them to the demands of their art. The ambivalence of the gladiator, then, lay in the contrast between the reviled outcast and the skillful combatant, between his low rank set by custom and law and his elevated status earned by the proper display of skill in the arena.
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Feb 17, 2011 · The gladiator, worthless in terms of civic status, was paradoxically capable of heroism. Under the Roman empire, his job was one of the threads that bound together the entire social and economic ...
Feb 29, 2012 · These free gladiators were ex-soldiers and some were wealthy Romans who craved the adulation and the glory given to gladiators. Other free men simply needed money to pay off their debts. Their living conditions were much better than the conscripted gladiators and they were given much more freedom and were allowed to leave the gladiator schools ...
Jun 16, 2020 · The legal status of auctorati - whether slave or free - remains uncertain. Bound by sacred oath All prospective gladiators, whether volunteer or condemned, were bound to service by a sacred oath ( sacramentum ) vowing ‘to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword’ (Petronius, Satyricon, 117).
Jun 26, 2017 · The gladiator was the product of a unique environment. He can exist only within a very particular set of religious, social, legal, political and economic circumstances. It is not surprising that ...
Jan 19, 2024 · Rudiarius: A freed gladiator, often continuing to fight or serve in other capacities in the ludus. Sagittarius: An archer, not frequently mentioned in historical sources. Samnite: An early type of heavily armed fighter, named after the Samnite people. Scissor: Used a unique weapon resembling a pair of open scissors.
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A gladiator (Latin: gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their lives and their legal and social standing by appearing in the arena.
