Roman Gladiators Research Paper

Gladiators and animals were a big part of the Coliseum because they entertain the higher class people like patricians and plebians. Over thousands of animals would die from the fights, and many men died every year. The gladiators as known as “slaves “ were trained, and there were certain types of gladiators such as Venatores , Velites , Thraces , Saggitarii , and Andabataes . The gladiators would weakly die and also animals. Just for entertainment.

The Coliseum was built between 70-80 AD in the centre of Rome, it was started by the Emperor Vespasian in the 70 and completed under the reign of titus in the 80 it was then improved by Domitian between 80 and 82. It was made from stones and concrete with the height 157 ft and the perimeter