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Gladiator Fights
A man is walking around hanging up signs that say, we will be hosting a whole month of gladiator fights at the coliseum, it will be from July 1st to August 1st. A group of gladiators will be fighting at once under different circumstances. Once only one gladiator is left they will move on to the next round until the finals which are to be held on August 1st. The last gladiator left shall shall earn 500 pieces of silver and his freedom and his owner shall earn 1000 pieces of silver. If you wish to enter your slave in as a gladiator you will have to go to the coliseum and register there. The first 500 slaves will be taken in and after that no more can be registered. there is only 2 slaves per owner and the is a 20 pieces of silver registration …show more content…
The women were yelling at their husbands for betting and are grouchy throughout the day until the action comes. The elderly are retired military and still love fighting. They all have a good time with their friends at the fights. All of the boys and girls all have fun acting out the gladiator fights while the boys are messing around. When the lower class heard this news the men all start saving up to take their families to one fight. when the women hear about the fights they all would like a day off to see the fights. The boys all pretend they are gladiators while the girls sit and …show more content…
As the games roll closer the owners get even more ancier and bought tickets to all of the games their slaves will participate in. Once the slaves have been informed of the fights the men who have been picked and don’t have a family are happy for the chance. But the men that have a family are sad and don’t want to fight but they are forced away from their families. The wives of the men that were picked are scared for their husbands and go into a state of depression. The children of the men are sad and want their dad to come back. Everyone in Rome was affected by this some it was entertainment, others it was a loss of a husband, and for one person it was the freedom gained in the

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