1. They fought on a horse
2. They fought with a sword
3. Some gladiators fought against a few Roman Emperor's
4. Gladiators are very familiar with Caligula and Titus who are 2 well known Emperor's
5. Gladiators were not always slaves
6. Gladiator fights used to be part of funeral ceremonies
7. they didn't always fight to the death of each other or one another
8. gladiators were expensive it cost a lot of money to keep them fed and trained
9. a lot of Gladiators only lived until about their mid-twenties.
10. the Gladiator contests were held at the Coliseum
11. the emperor gave the say and weather the warrior lived or died
12. the Colosseum open in 80 AD
13. they would put the fighters in different classes according to their record skill level and experience
14. the most unusual Gladiator was called the retiarius, they were only armed with a net and a trident
15. the Coliseum was used a lot for very bloody animal hunts
16. on opening day of the Colosseum 9000 animals were killed
17. by the 1st Century ad women the Gladiators became known
18. the Gladiators looked after each other if one of the Gladiators were to die they would make sure that there wife and children were taken care of
19. a lot of gladiators became known as celebrities or sex symbols
20. when the Colosseum was first built it was called the flavian amphitheater
21. Colosseum came from the Latin word colosseus
22. Gladiator fights were free
23. the Coliseum held between 50,000 and 80,000 Romans
24. the Colosseum had 36 trap doors for special effects
25. they had over 20 different types of gladiators
26. The Colosseum was built for a gift to the Roman citizens
27. and to this day over 6 million people a year go to visit the Colosseum
28. Gladiators were known as the people with a bad reputation
29. Constantine banned the gladiatorial games in 325 CE
30. before they became gladiators they were once slaves or just regular people who were picked by people and then trained into becoming a gladiator