The Roman Gladiotrial games
Many people saw the roman gladiatorial games just as a public display of violence, but in actuality they were more. The original gladiatorial games were not to be used as a form of amusement they were originally used as a part of a funeral ritual. The original intention of the gladiatorial games was to honor the deceased whenever someone of special importance died. The men, and sometimes women, who took place in the gladiatorial games, were called gladiators. The word gladiator got its name from a type of Roman sword called the gladius. There were different types of gladiators along with different events which went on at the gladiatorial games. There were four types of gladiators, each type of gladiator was dressed a certain way and had certain types of weapons that went along with the type of gladiator he was. To fully understand the gladiatorial games a person must examine the origin of the games, the impact the games played on Roman culture, the elaborate setup of the games, and the participants in the games and why they participated in the games. The first gladiatorial games did not even have real gladiators. In 264 BC Decimus Junius Brutus held the first gladiatorial games in honor of
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