Mortality rates were also a lot lower than what we’ve come to expect based on movies and series.
Shot_Independence274 on
well… they did die a lot in fights… it is estimated that in the Colosseum alone between 3 to 500.000 “gladiators” died (i say “gladiators” because a huge number weren`t actually trained gladiators, but more like dissidents, criminals, spoils of war, Christians, jews, etc.)
think of it this way: you invest huge amounts of money in training, housing, and feeding a gladiator only to send them to die in the first fight? no. it would be like having a F1 car and having it totaled in the first race of the season.
so most of the deaths, weren`t actually gladiators, but “others”.
ELBuAR7o on
I would say it depends on the owner. Just like there were slaves in ancient Rome that were well cared for, you’d also have those that are abused, overworked and malnourished.
Edit: If there’s a meme about Ancient Rome, there is a 90% chance it’s a repost
Lolz12307 on
I don’t know much about the subject but I think it’s a bit weird to pretend like people forced to fight (to the death?) would be happy about their situation
rifr9543 on
Not all of them. Many were slaves and were treated like slaves too. And in Roman law being sentenced to the arena as a gladiator was essentially considered a death sentence, and “freedom” was far from guaranteed even after 3 or 5 years
Weazelfish on
Alex Adams
introvert23445 on
Wtf dude your whole acc is full of repost from reddit or fb ….
Ezekiel-25-17-guy on
This meme is pretty similar to another meme from ~1 year ago, which I found here:
Yeah the gladiators had it so good. I’m sure that’s why they never revolted.
CptnR4p3 on
Theres a difference between slave gladiators and career gladiators.
Qweeq13 on
So servile wars that nearly destroyed Rome and ended with thousands of gladiators choosing to die over submission was just a misunderstood worker’s union strike.
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Mortality rates were also a lot lower than what we’ve come to expect based on movies and series.
well… they did die a lot in fights… it is estimated that in the Colosseum alone between 3 to 500.000 “gladiators” died (i say “gladiators” because a huge number weren`t actually trained gladiators, but more like dissidents, criminals, spoils of war, Christians, jews, etc.)
think of it this way: you invest huge amounts of money in training, housing, and feeding a gladiator only to send them to die in the first fight? no. it would be like having a F1 car and having it totaled in the first race of the season.
so most of the deaths, weren`t actually gladiators, but “others”.
I would say it depends on the owner. Just like there were slaves in ancient Rome that were well cared for, you’d also have those that are abused, overworked and malnourished.
This is a repost: https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/s/EuBKCmrY5G
Edit: If there’s a meme about Ancient Rome, there is a 90% chance it’s a repost
I don’t know much about the subject but I think it’s a bit weird to pretend like people forced to fight (to the death?) would be happy about their situation
Not all of them. Many were slaves and were treated like slaves too. And in Roman law being sentenced to the arena as a gladiator was essentially considered a death sentence, and “freedom” was far from guaranteed even after 3 or 5 years
Alex Adams
Wtf dude your whole acc is full of repost from reddit or fb ….
This meme is pretty similar to another meme from ~1 year ago, which I found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/13dwcbj/now_the_bad_thing_would_be_if_you_were_a/
Yeah the gladiators had it so good. I’m sure that’s why they never revolted.
Theres a difference between slave gladiators and career gladiators.
So servile wars that nearly destroyed Rome and ended with thousands of gladiators choosing to die over submission was just a misunderstood worker’s union strike.