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Travelogue: By Country | By Date Italy | February 2001  

 

Wondering about gladiator fights. They did not come into being with the Colosseum. At first they took place at funerals of particularly important people. Usually gladiators were slaves, prisoners, or other guys without a future. They lived in gladiator schools.

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