Battle of the somme
Interview of Maxus, a true roman gladiator
Hello and welcome to the interview show joining us today is a roman gladiator who has just survived the coliseum and earned his freedom. Here he is right now maximus the gladiator
(audience cheers)
Dave: So then maximus before we get to know about your life in the arena I would like to know about your background and why you were chosen for the arena instead of labour?
Maximus: When I was young i use to watch my father, neighbours and family practice fighting, this inspired me to fight and train as a soldier to defend the town. But as i got into my early teens i began to take notice of the fighting art. Also on the occasion i would hunt the wolves that would move to just outside the village.
Dave: Okay then thank you for that, so, it always seems you were one for fighting but if you were so good how were you captured?
Maximus: I was captured when the army sent from Rome came in around two legions, our first priority was to evacuate the women and children who are hopefully safe still to this day, but by that time the army was breaking in and burning our houses, although that we were all good fighters we didn’t have the same numbers and weapons so we lost, they took me and twenty others from my village to work on a quarry. I was here for a week of what felt like a living hell. When a group of soldiers came with carts and horses they lined up all of the fittest men (most able to work), then one of the soldiers handed us wooden swords and we had to fight the trainer, I did well along with others so we were sent off to rome!
Dave: Well that is a very interesting story, so now that we know about how you became a gladiator?
Hello and welcome to the interview show joining us today is a roman gladiator who has just survived the coliseum and earned his freedom. Here he is right now maximus the gladiator
(audience cheers)
Dave: So then maximus before we get to know about your life in the arena I would like to know about your background and why you were chosen for the arena instead of labour?
Maximus: When I was young i use to watch my father, neighbours and family practice fighting, this inspired me to fight and train as a soldier to defend the town. But as i got into my early teens i began to take notice of the fighting art. Also on the occasion i would hunt the wolves that would move to just outside the village.
Dave: Okay then thank you for that, so, it always seems you were one for fighting but if you were so good how were you captured?
Maximus: I was captured when the army sent from Rome came in around two legions, our first priority was to evacuate the women and children who are hopefully safe still to this day, but by that time the army was breaking in and burning our houses, although that we were all good fighters we didn’t have the same numbers and weapons so we lost, they took me and twenty others from my village to work on a quarry. I was here for a week of what felt like a living hell. When a group of soldiers came with carts and horses they lined up all of the fittest men (most able to work), then one of the soldiers handed us wooden swords and we had to fight the trainer, I did well along with others so we were sent off to rome!
Dave: Well that is a very interesting story, so now that we know about how you became a gladiator?