What It Was Like to Be a Roman Gladiator

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Why? I want to punch his face every time he says bestiarii

[@stalinfortimee5065]

I've done alot of research on this, I've studied ALOT of records in latin, (I spent alot of money on my masters in ancient roman history) it is true that they definitely looked down upon, but just as entertainers, but with that being said alot of the gladiators were considered celebrities they even had trading cards, another thing I want to point out is that while some of the armour was from different cultures, but the armour the gladiator wore was actually based on there class, a "murmillo" generally fought with a greave on his right arm a full helmet with a sword and scutum. A "retiarius" had almost no armour, bought fought with a net, a trident and a dagger. One other thing I do want to point out is that the the trained gladiators rarely would be killed, stuff did happen obviously, but generally about a majority of them did survive. Fight to the death matches generally happens with slaves, or captured prisoners of war, and convicts. Also the fights and classes did change overtime and throughout the years. So alot of things did change, it never stayed the same.

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Were gladiators good and skilled at fighting in general ??

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@@saeedyeslam1202 Yes, They would've been. Alot of money went into making sure they were trained by some of the best.

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That's so cool. I would love to have a collection of gladiator cards..thanks for sharing!

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@Kids World it was collapsing way before that

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NO

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I understood that reference

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Me as well

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What’s then name of the Narrator? Guy has the best voice for these things.

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He sounds like Colbert

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His name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And he will have his vengeance, in this video or the next.

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Love how he pronounces the Latin words with a French accent... 😄

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That's the best part, he pronounces them with gusto!

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He's actually trying to reproduce the exact classical Latin pronunciation. For example, the letter V was pronounced as "oo" in "school". Veni, vidi, vici wasn't "vehni, veedee, veechee", it sounded like "wehni, weedee, wiki"

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Or Italian

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It's so weird how modern event production is really no different except without the killing. I had no idea the event design was so complex. Really mind blowing honestly.

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Imagine being Deontay Wilder in them times, even the loin cloth would be too heavy for him to fight 😂.

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His shield would be the cause of his death he’ll be so tired 😂

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Great video as usual! Although I was really hoping to see something about the staged naval battles that took place in the flooded Colosseum. Perhaps another time..? Keep up the good work!

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Pretty sure The armchair historian already cover that.

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bread and games. literally

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A+ video! These ones about the gladiator culture are fantastic!

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Wasn't that fun from what I remembered, breaks were a bit short and they didn't let us play with the animals they brought, some nice managers though and they let us wear sandals.

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Sounds like some fun times the ancestors were having! When was a better time to be alive? Covid-19 era, or the climax of the Roman empire before it's fall?

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I love how i am learning so much from this channel and i am well entertained

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At least they had it better than sadiators.

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And both had it better than "Had-iators" because they were dead.

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@Lawtrina Kerkula WTF

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Paul Cowlishaw I read some of those names and some of them I kinda doubt it, lol

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"chomp, chomp, chomp" made me giggle 😂

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Honsetly it had to be wild living back then. Every day they lived it up. Yea, health wasn't greatest and you could easily die from wounds. But I would love to see how life was truly like. I try to imagine it and I can see it but still so modern in my brain thinking wise. It's just like what did they do!? What was a day in the life of an average person? It's just so interesting. I love the Roman era.

[@spacecat3198]

It is fascinating but let's face it, life was shit back then. Most of us would have ended up slaves if you managed to live somewhere in the empire. You'd have been lucky to become a citizen (one of your better chances would have been to become a soldier). Of course, that is, if you survived your childhood (I wouldn't have for sure). But at the same time yeah I'm fascinated too.

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It's wild how many parallels can be drawn between gladiatorial combat and pro wrestling

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MMA

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Fighting with weapons of the ancient times as the ancient warriors did makes MMA look like tennis

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I heard of that too but when I asked for my subway sandwich I woke up back in my cell

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As a Louisiana native, I’ll take my chances with the alligators 😂

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I like your spirit... but he said crocodiles... Nile crocodiles... they're bigger and more vicious. Alligators are kids toys next to them. I think I'd stick with people. 😀

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Ah yes, the RETIARRRRRI, indeed a magnificent gladiator class.

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Ken Weaver you must be a special kind of stupid lol Latin was spoken in ancient Rome and it influenced the modern languages in the areas today, of course they knew how words were pronounced

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Starting a reply with an insult always assures an answer. Oh, wait.....

[@edydon]

Actually no - the retiari - fishermen gladiators - were looked down upon as they were the only gladiators who were allowed to retreat.

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Being a roman gladiator is not always fun and game.

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Their names and sculptures will live until the end of time while no one will ever hear or know anything about us

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Hell yeah!. That was a great presentation!

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Hello! Your narrator voice is fabulous & the content of the videos themselves is the cherry on top! Thank you for making history fun & entertaining. How about a video on Clara Barton from the Civil War & founder of the American Red Cross? Looked & so far haven’t found too many videos about her.

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Nahhhh

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I actually would love to know more about the history of the Red Cross. Not a bad idea to be honest! 💡

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Clara Barton founded the Red Cross??

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The Red Cross already existed & she brought it to the United States. She also was in charge if finding the MIA & Died in Action in the Civil War.

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@@JuanCChavez Hello! Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

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happy mexico's day What It Was Like to Be an Aztec eagle warrior

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☺

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*life was short*

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Commodus was also eventually killed by a gladiator named Narcissus but not in the games. He strangled him in his bath after someone else failed to poison him

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This is so very interesting. Thank you

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It's impossible to strangle yourself. You always pass out before you get the job done.

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Longer vids please !! Love your vids though! 🖤

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Incredible video!

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I'd be a trident wielding, net throwing, chariot ridin', kiss stealin' world champion gladiator! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Interesting & informative.

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I wonder if they’re were any haters that said, “that armor is unrealistic!!”

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There**

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Amazing!! Wish we still had them!

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That really clears things up about the Trident Fighters.

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Any way of finding out the intro song? Around the “this is going to escalate quickly”

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Watched lot of videos from this channel. And i come up with one conclusion In summary, old times were suck. I know it, but i now _knew_ it even more

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knowing your history is one thing, knowing how history is relevant to today is another level completely.

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It would be nice to bring back these games for pedophiles and murderers. 🤔

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Yeah. And for people without one humanitarian bone in their bodies!

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No, cause they'll start throwing innocent people there too. You take one bite of the cake, you want a whole big piece after that

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What if someone murdered a pedophile,would they be forced to fight 🤔

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Dont forget in-laws or better yet outlaws

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Certified Gold!!!!!

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I honestly can’t remember a time when I was this early

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This channel should do a podcast

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Like some real life mortal Kombat

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Loved the music

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Yeah, he got cancer.

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It sucks because I liked him better than the new actor.

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We have become so weak as a people today

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I would love to see an episode on the Borgias.

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I swear this channel is connected to Joshua Wiessman’s channel they always post at the same time 🤔 conspiracy theory

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Hey I thought I'm the only one who think of it that way. It's weird that they always post at the same time. Coincidence?

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Sometimes people pick a time to upload videos and it happens to be at the same time as someone else. Most likely a coincidence

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this great channel misses one great feature SOURCES, name of books that you get your info from would be a thing that distinguish this channel from others.

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I remember the movie Pompeii and the Black Gladiator Atticus he was praying to an African deity I often wonder what deity that was.

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Could be a Voodoo or Hoodoo deity, care to describe more?

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@@satanswife2546 it was a small wooden totem that had it African face on it. They never describe where he came from in Africa but it's a good chance he could have been Nubian.

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@@grapeshot Nubian you say? Then there's a very high chances that the deity could be Dedun

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@@grapeshot I'm pretty sure he actually is referred to Nubian in the film?

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Good description :) We would die very quickly in the arena.

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nice vid

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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?

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Am I not merciful?

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Using in a public high school world history class today, thank you!

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Even Ancient Rome had skill based matchmaking

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I LOVE that you are using Horrible Histories shots in your videos. lol

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Make a time machine and video tape everything before going back to your own timeline.

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No, you.

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Nice

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About time! i called it

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The pro wrestlers of Rome.

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MMA fighters

[@PetriVirtanen-b1n]

I heard that female gladiators were called Gladiatrix, not Gladiatress. Sounds like Gladiatress is an english word.

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I think KZbin is like the colleseum

[@justdeidra13]

I think I might stand a chance with a chariot because my family still races standardbred horses, the chariot is similar to the modern sulky's we drive around today. However the hand to hand combat would probably be my downfall...

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🏳️‍🌈🤡

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Another video idea: Mythology,and the Greek Gods!

[@Meitti]

You forgot to mention reason why even most lightly armored gladiators had their extremities armored was both for the excitement factor of fighting with exposed chests and thighs with major arteries in them. and for the other reason that gladiator houses got monetary compensation for a dead gladiator but not a wounded one. So if their gladiator was going to get hit by a sword, better that it had a high chance of killing them because a gladiator with a crippled arm was practically useless and waste of money for his house.

[@birrebarre9502]

6:25 Is a statue of Augustus, not Caligula. Other then that, great video!