Characteristics Of A Gladiator

shoulder guards as well as helmets and shin protection. Soldiers were meant to be kept alive through a fight where as a gladiator was fully expected to die. Different gladiators varied from varied from murmillo who were heavily armed, to thraex who were able to be identified by a helmet that sported a griffin on top. And each type of gladiator was specifically designed to fight one or two other types. One would not find a gladiator with a large fancy helmet fighting a gladiator with a net and trident as the helmet would become easily entrapped in the net. The overall reason that the gladiators were paired in specific ways was to enhance the spectacle. The people in charge of the gladiators want the fight to be as interesting as possible, …show more content…
In no way shape or form should it be desired by anyone, “the death rate for losers would be about one in five.” One might desire the skill to fight like a gladiator, but never truly wish to be in the terrible situations they faced. Losing family and friends and even their own lifes against their will. To be a slave is to be the lowest position on the social structure, and the least enjoyable. Perhaps the only moment of enjoyment in a man's time spent as a gladiator was at the time of victory, where the crowd is cheering for you and you recieve some gifts. There are very few pros to being a gladiator and uncountable cons. So why would humans ever wish this upon others? The answer is that humans are cruel creatures. We take pleasure in seeing others fail, even down to a simple funny youtube video of someone falling on their face. There's something about the destruction of another that provides our species with a sense of pleasure. This sense of pleasure derived from the gladiatorial events is what killed them and made then such a popular thing that they spread far and wide across Rome’s empire and lasted for thousands of years. If it were not illegal and deducted as morally wrong in our current society humans would most likely still be entertained and want to go see at least one gladiatorial event to experience it. While watching some would probably be genuinely disgusted, while other would be enraptured by the show and sport of it. Humans are wildly diverse. A current day gladiatorial event would be quite an impressive event. The stadium would be sold out in a matter of minutes if one was to occur. This then begs the question, If humans enjoyed it so much, why did the events end? This fact is not entirely known. As no person alive was not there at time the gladiatorial events ended there is no true way to be sure that all the information on why the events ended is known to mankind