Another sidenote here is like The Metatrons said, they were treated like we would tread modern sportstars. They were admired and loved by the public. There is a lot of Roman 'graffity' left where people were cheering on there favourit Gladiator. So considering that, it would not be economicly smart to have a high death ratio amongst them for the Romans. If Those games were to become too deadly you would have less fighter veterans trained in the art of fighting because too many would be gone too soon. So not to say these games would be cruel i dont think the intent was to have as much blood and gore as possible. For that there were other acts in the theater

@WildBillCox13

6 жыл бұрын

I think there was a lot more of professional wrestling in those ancient entertainments. If you went to the provinces, sure, they might fight convicts to the death. But, if you were in "civilized" country, you'd get the long awaited "Bruticus versus Sparticus" match, which would end in a DQ (Disqualification), generating lots of excitement and a definite fan base for the next spectacular. Then, as now, the blood was only part of the fun. The real purpose of "Bread and Games" was to bring people together to witness the might and gloria mundi of Rome, where they would be exposed to a thousand vendors. Meat on a stick, beer in a cup, charms to support your favorite, and, probably, fruit with which to pelter the heels ("bad" guys). It's all a carnival and a marketing extravaganza and you don't want to lose your biggest draws to the vagaries of personal combat (i.e.: a "fair" fight). The heel gets heat and escapes retribution. That's the script which has sold tickets and put asses in seats since before that Julius guy wrote a fantasy novel about his adventures in Gaul.

@adenkyramud5005

5 жыл бұрын

@@WildBillCox13 you are God damn right!

@christobalcolon6601

2 жыл бұрын

Female gladiators: Gladius Knight and the Picts

@dubstepXpower

2 жыл бұрын

The violence is exciting though so I feel they'd have lowly slaves that were "fed" to these superstars to build their names even higher like in WWE for example.

Female gladiators... Gladiators are known for fighting... Are you encouraging violence towards women!?!?1/? Demonetise please. (I'm joking of course- glad to see more of your regular content!)

@GuitarsRockForever

6 жыл бұрын

It is only violence if it was men hit women. Women hit women or women hit men are perfectly good behavior that should be not only encouraged, but made mandatory into law.

@sophiejones7727

6 жыл бұрын

please don't joke about that. It's pretty serious stuff. Raff has a real job, but even he's getting hammered by it.

@coryman125

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry- I've always had the belief that if you're stuck in a bad situation, you might as well at least try to joke about it, instead of just moping

@pinklady7184

6 жыл бұрын

coryman125, my female ancestors were Celtic women warriors. They fought in battles alongside their menfolks.

@DuelJ007

6 жыл бұрын

Pink Lady Thats pretty neat!

This is why I love metatron - He can give us some interesting facts without turning everything political like so many do these days.

@devongrey4135

Жыл бұрын

@@milkallergy8829 Are you saying he's gotten political? How so?

@ShinySobble

Жыл бұрын

@@devongrey4135 kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJp62MmaXbzUlaw.html

Do a video on female vikings/shieldmaidens. ...or lack their of

@dragon12234

6 жыл бұрын

Well, we now have genetic evidence of shieldmaidens, including one that seem to have risen into becoming a commander. www.sciencealert.com/this-viking-dna-discovery-says-there-really-were-shield-maidens

@alexandersokolnik1596

6 жыл бұрын

Christoffer Öberg As far as I have heard, there is a decent amount of controversy surrounding the study. Which includes the possibility of the bones not being from the grave, (as it was excavated in 19th century), as several other bone sets from the same excavation being incorrectly labeled. And her position as a commander, which was purely based on the presence of Norse equivalents of chess pieces, has been rightfully doubted by several experts in the field. Nevertheless, there is certainly a possibility for there being shield-maidens. Although, all things considered, I would say they were likely to be very rare.

@ElongatedVowels

6 жыл бұрын

Who lacks their of? I've got a couple ofs they can borrow.

@ciroalphalyon3662

6 жыл бұрын

that 'study' was total shit and has been debunked

@ArezDjinn

6 жыл бұрын

A warrior without healed battle wounds. And the fact that they're not even sure, if the body comes from that grave. Sounds more like they're trying to push an agenda.

I watched a documentary one time about how tough it was for Roman governors to introduce gladiatoral games to Celtic and gaulish towns but once they did they were surprised by how many women would volunteer for the fights.

@GFSLombardo

4 жыл бұрын

Recent archaeology has discovered ancient burial sites consistent with the remains of female warriors. So why shouldnt "barbarian" women in pre-Christian Europe fight for pay or the thrill of it just like their men?

Is Metatron a vampire or why does he always uploads at midnight in Italy? XD

@radeni

6 жыл бұрын

probably because it takes a long time to upload a video

@moonstoned420

6 жыл бұрын

he probably has an unlimited after midnight wifi plan lmao

@jsmoothd654

6 жыл бұрын

He's an angel

@rubbers3

6 жыл бұрын

Well, the responsible answer is probably that he works during the day, makes his video in the afternoon, finishes editing in the evening, then it has to render and upload, which also takes time, let's say an hour or two to render, then two or three hours to upload. Or he is, in fact, a vampire. You can never know.

@Babyuwuwugirluwuwu

6 жыл бұрын

It's only 8:30

There's a funny story about a Roman lady who ran away with an ugly gladiator, much to the shame of her husband. @ 9:57 "They could get a lot of..." Poontang? Women lusted after the gladiators. I think Livy alludes to this when he talks about picking up women after gladiator matches.

Actually, on modern days , we know now that the fights between gladiators RARELY endend in death! Gladiators were trained since they were youngs in the schools, they costed money to the school and in the fight they earned back the amount. The death of the gladiator needed to be compensate by the emperor himself! And sometime the amount was high too! It was common to recover the gladiator instead of just killing him.

I've enjoyed this video series. Mille grazie!!

Based on the graffiti found in Pompeii, Gladiators who made a name for themselves were seen as heartthrobs by Roman women. It was certainly a dangerous, but effective way of reaching celebrity status as a lower class. Entertainment was as highly paid in Rome as it is today.

Did he say Septims??? I thought that was just the name of the currency in Elder Scrolls. Named after Emperor Tiber Septim. I didn't know it was based on a real thing.

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

LOL I meant to say "sesterces" I got confused and didn't even realize it xD

@seanhembree6154

6 жыл бұрын

Metatron Hahaha. OK. Thanks for Clarifying. And may the 9 divines bless you.

@Sophistry0001

6 жыл бұрын

By the nine, I was wondering the same thing!

@ArezDjinn

6 жыл бұрын

Hail Talos!

@CharlotteBennett492

6 жыл бұрын

HERETIC there are only 8 divines.

loved this. always interesting to hear about various warriors. Will you be bringing back your Yokai series of videos? I also love learning about various countries lore/myth/etc

Gladiator body guards were common for centuries in Rome. Many controversial senators had Gladiator retinues for personal defense.

@colin6691

7 ай бұрын

In fiction we often hear about former gladiators being used as bodyguards, yet Roman law prohibits any former gladiator, after being given freedom, from living within 100 miles of Rome. This suggests that these bodyguard gladiators are still slaves. Probably the ones who have been offered and refused freedom, because they enjoy the benefits offered by their profession.

Fun fact: You put the world "Female" in your title. Is it already demonetized?

@Plankensen

6 жыл бұрын

this is a question not a funfact

@Thewoodyrg

6 жыл бұрын

Very true^

@zenjr1004

6 жыл бұрын

For perpetuating gender roles.

@DuelJ007

6 жыл бұрын

You need to mispell it

Very cool and interesting topic. Maybe (if thats no too much additional work) you could provide us with your sources sometimes to look up things for our personal enjoyment (or to actually point to them in a scientific context). For example if you used a certain Roman text you could put it into the video description below the video ? That would be very much appreciated especially from the viewers who are either historians (yes you have such viewers ! :)) or just generally interested in ancient Roman history. Thx and keep up your good work. Greets from Germany.

Your videos are among my personal favourites. However, I would love to have the sources of some of your claims, in no way because I doubt the veracity of your claims but because I want to read further into some of the topics you talk about. At any rate, keep up your fantastic passion work!

The Metatron spreads his wings, The KZread tries to clip them.

The author has some interesting points. It has been decades since I studied Roman History and Archaeology. Back in the 70s most of my studies and the literature I researched and referenced suggested that earliest gladiatorial combats were a form of human sacrifice and criminal execution. Of they developed into more than that and in some cases became a form of historical re-enactments with the Arena's sometimes being filled with water in order to depict naval battles. Now as far as women were concerned; they would be pitted against dwarves/midgets, aka little people as they are called nowadays, or other criminals and would be costumed as Amazonian warriors.

Very interesting. Thanks again

Could you do a video on comparing gladiatorial combat with WWE and other 'show wrestling'? I believe those fill roughly the same entertainment niche.

Thanks for setting the record straight, it all makes more sense now to me. Shame you are about the only one to tell it like it is regarding this subject

Demonetized.

@FANATIC40k

6 жыл бұрын

it gotta be, theres female written in the title, females are supposed to have tits! tits=demonetized :O

@slayerdark0

6 жыл бұрын

Nah, more like facts. They don't like facts.

@BigaloMax

6 жыл бұрын

I just watched an ad so no

@maelgugi

6 жыл бұрын

R MCX Me too

@antivalidisme5669

6 жыл бұрын

YT bot just please don't do it. Still cannot understand why TBH But I always fear the worst.

Metatron, do you know what pyrric-dancing that the ancient Greeks used, is it a weapons-dance used in single-combat or solo-combat?

I seems to me that one of the reasons why people volunteered to become Gladiators was money, period. Look at the Middle East today, where people are volunteering to become Suicide Bombers because their families would receive a decent sum of money. And sometimes women who had no males in their family would volunteer, again for that same reason, money. And it was certainly better then prostitution.

@arx3516

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, house slaves in rich patrician families had a much better life than the loest cla of free citizens.

Ah, but did they have the same stats and abilities that men did, or did they get a bonus to DEX and a penalty to STR, or some other stat differences?

@darkushippotoxotai9536

3 жыл бұрын

I suppose they had +9 Distraction against men and lesbians. Joking aside, I heard women are naturally more resistant to pain, so maybe they get a -1 Stun on hit ? IDK. But anyway, Who the hell was retard enough to send gladitors out bare breasted and bare-headed ?

Great informative video

who doesn't enjoy a good catfight c;

your videos are terapeutical

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Ahah thanks :D

@manu_spawn

6 жыл бұрын

Metatron Saludos desde Argentina while i playe Rome 2 TW

Hi metatron can you make a video about the film "centurion"

I would love to see a modern, well made, historically accurate gladiator video game

3:23 "Spear in hand and breasts exposed." That's how I like my women in genera-

Please partner up with some sponsor directly until google fixes ads. I don't want this channel to grow silent!

Humanity has always been entertained at the sight of blood. just the action of watching two men fight each other has been a Hallmark of entertainment, same for teams.

Fun fact, this may have only happened a handful of times , and the pair of fighters talked about in this video might have only appeared in the games once, and never again. The problem is we don't have context. And it's possible that it was some sort of entertainment ratings experiment that wasn't very popular. :)

Excellent point about the blood-thirst of the audience. Almost no fans of combat sports today want to see actual harm done to a competitor, but we all want to see exciting and expert fighting abilities in real combat. The reality is that blood, though not a selling point, is likely to be a result.

What about the royal time of rome ? Does the kolizeum was used to solve litiges ? Between tribe or noble family ?

I have read that the majority of gladiator fights did not end in death. Also another name for the gladiators was barley men, because they were fattened up so they would bleed more from minor wounds. While we focus often on the gladiators the most popular game was the chariot race, sort of NASCAR with horses going fast and turning left. Wonder why no one talks of the races, are we perhaps the more blood thirsty people, because we focus on the Gladiators and Roman orgies?

@pooly5280

6 жыл бұрын

You can't customize horses, no one likes non-customized rides.

@Kasarii

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's because the gladiators are strange to the modern day. We don't have much in the way of weapon-fighting today, fencing is stylized practically into a dance, archery is about precision over distance, if a javilineer aims at a competitor he's at the very least getting disqualified. Mean-while, horse-races remain a thing, the chariots just look different. Another things is popularity. At some point, horseracing became a thing for exclusive spectators. Ticket prices soared when Seabiscuit raced to the point where a decent full-time job didn't guarantee you could afford them, this ultimately resulted in the center field being opened to a standing crowd. This was an extreme even for it's time, but hippodromes had been a rather fancy get-away for a long time by then, not much for the proletariat. I'd say some of the sentiment sticks, I hear people mention horseback races only in the context of gambling. The "not-for-you" sentiment probably hurts interest to some degree. Meanwhile, as Metatron mentioned, today we have boxing and MMA. I'd argue wrestling as an entertainment form might approach ancient-style martial acting. TL;DR: Modern gladiators perform for our Plebeians, modern horseraces are performed for our Palatines.

@ZenoDovahkiin

6 жыл бұрын

We focus on the thing most different from our own, and we don't see horse races as that difficult. You essentially answered your own question with the phrase "NASCAR but with horses."

@caradocapcunobelin2875

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure death was just as common at the chariot races as it was in the gladiatorial arena.

@R0ckmans

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, Gladiatorial fights for the Romans would be like watching WWE for us.

Also most gladiator fights were not to the death. IF you wanted to see a death match the person who commissioned the games would have to pay a very high price for that, because trained gladiators were an expensive investment and deaths lowered moral especially among the slave gladiators. I mean think about it, you take a slave, train him to be a killing machine, tell him he has to fight to die tomorrow and yet try to keep him in slavery..the security overhead and risk to the owner and guards of that slave is very high.

That pause before gifts though

Can you debunk monster quest tv series, do you find some errors about this tv series?

Marcus Aurelius son Commodus was a gladiator. Often, wounded soldiers and amputees would be placed in the arena for Commodus to slay with a sword. :)

lol, not that it's a bad thing, but your outro is unnecessarily epic. Reminds me of the "galloping coconuts" theme from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

This video makes me want or play my gladitaor game on the PSP. You can make male and female gladitaors in the game. Wonderful video as always Metatron. Keep up the great work.

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@danielmorris6584

6 жыл бұрын

I bet you play as a female...

@GideonStahl

6 жыл бұрын

julesmaester I played it long ago on my PS2. I thought it was okay.

@GideonStahl

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Morris Well if you were in Vegas you would have crapped out. I have played as male from Gaul and Britanna.

@GideonStahl

6 жыл бұрын

Metatron You are most welcome. I have been a fan of your great videos for awhile.

Mr. Metatron I have found interesting manga about which I would like to see yours opinion. Manga in question is quite brutal and heavy 18+ in my opinion but worth checking out. I'm interested if you will find it tempting enough to make video about it but well i hope you will make one :) You can find example about how practice in dojo won't always be useful in actual combat because of terrein difference. Armor is accurate in my opinion especially that one of main character (but i'm new in world of armor). Female "breastplate" is normal. Not this breast shape thing. Author done some research about it. Well i'm still upset about almost all other characters not wearing any helmets because... ok i don't know why. But all things that MC is doing are solid and logical. From weapon he use (gladius based sword) to all of his equipment that he prepared that he found useful against opponents he fights. Ok I'll end it here because if i start writing i won't stop any soon :) Manga title: "Goblin Slayer" Length: 16 chapters (to this day) Link(I like layout of this website): www.mangahome.com/manga/goblin_slayer I hope you will enjoy it :) Now that i think about it I didn't Subscribe yet how strange despite amount of yours content that i enjoyed on yours chanel. Well lets press it now :) I'll repeat this message in few upcoming videos because i really want you to notice it :)

You should do podcasts!

I hope you will not get demonitized (and really youtube is destroying youtube !)

There are examples of ancient art which depict referees during gladiator matches. Logically, gladiators are too much of an investment or the owners for the owners to allow the fights to get ugly.

So considering female gladiators are called gladiatrix, is that where the word dominatrix has its roots? I assume meaning physically dominant female or something similar? P.s. really enjoying your channel, only recently found it!

@darkushippotoxotai9536

3 жыл бұрын

You absolutely had to ruin it, didn't you ?

In a book on Colonial America Bill Bryson describes bare knuckle, no holds barred fights in which combatants try to tear each other to bits, biting, gouge eyes, etc. resulting in grievous injuries or death. This form of entertainment was not far from the gladiatorial combats of Imperial Rome in terms of violent blood lust.

There's a cool atmospheric band called Metatron Omega. Channel name reminded me of it. guessing ur well versed in judeo-christian-islamic mythology?

I see Metatron is respecting the Whamen like Pewds!

@keykylasofandros5501

6 жыл бұрын

WAMEN

@Rubenlagriculture

6 жыл бұрын

Respect all wahmen

@Dja05

6 жыл бұрын

DarkEternal6 Bruh, they found a chick's grave with half a rusted sword hilt, so it tots mean that 500% of vikings were noble WAMEN.

@S.ASmith

6 жыл бұрын

But "muh wymenz" are better than men...because to quote Ana Kasparian "im fucking better than you, much better than you"

@sophiejones7727

6 жыл бұрын

If you're going to critique someone for being sexist, then don't make fun of their accent. you just end up undercutting your point.

What no one seems to answer is that, did gladiatorial combat always end in one competitor being killed or was that only during special matches or under special circumstances?

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm making a video on that but the short answer is no. We have a reasonable amount of records showing a probable ratio of mortality is 19/100 but I'll give more details on the dedicated video.

Marcus Antonius (my birthname, really) was a strange guy. When Caesar asked him to take care of Rome in his absence, hé told him to go easy. Marcus Antonius used the opportunity to drive himself through Rome in a chariot pulled by two lions. The Lions regularly refused to pull however. :-)

@darkushippotoxotai9536

3 жыл бұрын

Pulled by two lions ? That's everyday shit compared to what Instagram Big Wigs will do...... Last I heard, someone was being pulled in a dog cart by two men or women, whichever's the most recent.(Joking aside, Thanks for that tidbit of info. Well, I'll call him Marcus DiLeonesRatharius('Rath' is sanskrit for chariot, case you're curious)From now on......

9:30 Did metatron say septims? Like skyrim money?

And magically this video was not demonetized.

I think when you use swords and spears, and it is their goal to actually land a hit on the opposing glatiator, heavy wounds are much more likely than with hand to hand combat.

Ayy, you got ads on your video! :D

Is there a Roman arena in Sicily

watch this get demonetized..why? cuz reasons that's why, KZread doesn't NEED a reason, just that it seemed mildly scary because it had the word "Gladiator"

@quimble2177

6 жыл бұрын

on a serious note would you say that Gladiatorial Combat (sometimes) could be likened to "Professional Wrestling" fights being Scripted in a way and a set winner was already decided before the fight. I've seen your other vids about Gladiators and have seen some other things saying that Gladiators didn't just kill each other...well Just being the main word because it would be....expensive? or a waste of money or something like that so could it be likened to "Professional Wrestling"? I think i went over myself there...whoops

Martial arts is so exciting because the consequences are so extreme. Death is present and that makes it great.

Will you ever talk about saturnalia?

5:42 - yeah, but we tend to forget - and some never knows it at all - that gladiators fights wasn't primarily for entertainment. 6:50 - blunted? for training - yes. for fight - well, in later years of Rome, that may be, but I inclined to not believe it. 7:46 - not always. for example, there a hypothesis exists, that the Spartacus was a Marian officer, enslaved and sent into gladiators after Sulla's second civil war. 8:50 - your status will be cancelled at all. Should I remind you, _who_ was gladiators initially and why they was adopted by Romans and from whom?

good video

Flavius was the Roman Vince Mcmahon

Gladiatorial fights were Ancient reality TV! Very interesting I didn't know that they were women gladiators.

I don’t understand why Hollywood wants to rewrite history in service of ‘social justice’ narratives when there is plenty of real history which they could pull from. Just my opinion but female gladiators would make an awesome movie (granted I don’t think the ratings boards would allow for certain historical realities)…

Midnightron

With how much frequency did gladiators die in the arena?

"Not all gladiators were slave. Some of them did it so they wouldn't starve." Thats better... I guess?

well i for one find the prospect of women beating each other possibly to death, rather distasteful. but this was very educational. thank you Raph. glad you're in a better mood today. hope you got you finances sorted.

Do you think sabers would be useful for modern police?

I want to see a viedo about the legatus the general

Teh world of gladiators in ancient rome sound's like the WWE

Well this video won’t be demonetized

6:00 - No, I think we gotta get extra semantical to determine who has the moral highground. :V (kidding)

3:40 Showing a naked picture of a woman statue. Demonetized.

Interesting, I'm only mildly interested in romans so most of what I know is from you.

The gladitorial games were the ancient blockbuster action movies...

It makes sense for women to fight for entertainment just not actuall Wars during this time.

people thinking gladiatorial games where bloody carnage are probably not very bright. i mean think about it, do you have the slightest idea how expensive it is to buy a slave who is physically imposing enough to impress a crowd (yes you can feed and train some muscle onto them, but a short guy si still a short guy) feed and train some muscle onto that slave, train this slave to fight all the while always expecting the chance that he just gets sick and dies, only to have him die in a fight two weeks in? i mean even a volunteer would need to be properly trained, the crowd doesn't want to see some red shirt geting offed in thirty seconds. seriously if you managed to get your hands on a guy who had the physique to impress the crowd, knew how to fight and wouldn't get sick and drop dead before even making it into the arena, you would make damn sure the guy doesn't just die on you.

What did you think of the movie gladiator?

Metatron will you marry me?

Weren't a majority of gladiator fights not meant to be to the death, at least intentionally. Most of the time?

This video indicated that it was about female gladiators, but most of the video primarily discussed the male gladiators.

So people let's say 2000 years ago were pretty much just like us.. what a surprise

"Septims" hahaha!

However death rarely happens in MMA we have protective gear and the lack of weapons that most definitely kill. Whether if the Romans thought that women should stop fighting wouldn't matter for the government decides and without any solid evidence one way or another can't really tell. Why did Romans like fighting same reason why anyone can exposure, we like what is exposed to us especially when it kicks our Adrenaline into gear thats why same thing with watching people pull off amazing techniques.

I became a gladiator in ark except you can respawn

While it is true people still enjoy blood sports like MMA and boxing, we shouldn't underestimate the differences either. Gladiators were sometimes involved in death matches/condemned to die, whereas this is not done in MMA or boxing. Of course, watching people die was the norm in many parts of the world until very recently - public executions were festivals until 100-200 years ago.

@ZenoDovahkiin

6 жыл бұрын

Your second paragraph debunks your first. It was a difference in the societies the sports happen in, not the sports themselves. If the Romans had had MMA, they'd have been worse than modern MMA as well.

People keep telling me I’d enjoy watching MMA. I’ve tried, and I can’t stomach it. I’m fine with the blood and brutality of it, but knowing that these two human beings are actually experiencing pain is too much for me. I simply cannot enjoy observing others’ suffering

@atheistcrusader1160

4 жыл бұрын

Lame...

@InfiniteDeckhand

4 жыл бұрын

@@atheistcrusader1160 Okay, edgelord.

Gladiators woooo!

Why were the shield walls used in the middle age instead of phalanxes?

@axeltenveils6816

6 жыл бұрын

victor rocha Probably not enough resources, trained men and probably the whole ideal on which the phalanx was based on.

@VictorRochaFerreira6

6 жыл бұрын

Axel Tenveils I searched and found on a forum that the inflexibility of the phalanx made it inferior to the shield wall, but I wanted to know the sources and if it is really true

@axeltenveils6816

6 жыл бұрын

victor rocha In a straight up fight the phalanx would win every time. But why not keep Roman tactics if the inflexibility was such a problem? Unlike Greece and Rome most medieval armies were made of levies (mostly peasants, while in Rome and Greece most Soldiers were citizens with enough time to train and probably better nourishment), it would make sense to use a simpler tactic than the Romans and the phalanx was not suited to their type of warfare, thus shield wall. This is a personal theory of mine, based on observation.

Did the romans have concussion protocols for blows to the head?

YA!...ONE FOR US GIRLS!...

Is it demonetised yet?

The two helmets on the ground could also mean a surrender. It is believed that this match ended in a draw.

The point about the swords being blunted strikes me as very likely to be true in almost every case. Not only that, it seems to me that we're likely to miss a lot of what was going on between the lines in historical retrospect. We have this inclination to take historical premises at face value, but we also have to remember that the Roman empire was peak propaganda power for western history. I accept the comparisons to MMA and footballers, but I think we're missing the important one-- wrestling. The premise of danger is an important part of the show, and there is real blood, and occasionally a real death, but it in our modern cynicism we know that it is nevertheless overwhelmingly fake. I don't think I've ever heard anyone use the word kayfabe in reference to gladitorial combat, but I think that's a factor we should be asking about. To what extent was any of this ever actual mortal combat, and to what extent was it just for show? I kind of get the feeling that we are the ultimate suckers as historical outsiders, and that any Roman, or at least the Senatorial class, would have known better than to look at the popularity of what is essentially fencing with costumes, and compare that to mass human sacrifice. I tend to doubt that the common match involved any deliberate risk of death, and I suspect that the danger of the sport was highly exaggerated to the audience. If I had to guess, I'd say the concussion protocol was just to tell everyone the guy died, and let them enjoy the fiction.

Female gladiator’s sounds like a gimmick used to draw in a crowed.

@darkushippotoxotai9536

3 жыл бұрын

Could be, Since it's either that or Who ever sent them into battle without BREAST ARMOUR AND HELMETS WAS A PSYCHOPATH OR A RETARD !

My name is gladiator.

You must respect that weemans.