What Was It ACTUALLY Like To Watch Roman Gladiators Fight Live At The Coliseum

[@darthbob8428]

I’m just gonna say that almost all of the stories you hear off to the death gladiator fights weren’t actually gladiators, but criminals forced to fight as punishment, where they would fight and fight until they died or became so popular with the crowd they were spared. Gladiators would stop fighting when the other was knocked out or too injured to carry on, not when the other was dead. It was more like a boxing fight with weapons.

[@puglordofderp5085]

Finally someone who knows their Ancient Gladiatorial history. So many people think that it was all a bloodbath of death and brutality.

[@iamaidansmith7542]

@@puglordofderp5085 well I mean gladiators killed each other but not all the time but techilly those criminals who fought to the death were gladiators still if they got too popular then there life would be spared gladiators are imo the most fun bit of history to study I love it

[@teachandfunnstuff3127]

@@iamaidansmith7542 yeah i bet some spared there opponents

[@Donathon-xt2nl]

True.... they were even referees

[@julianaylor4351]

The gladiators in the arena in Pompeii, mostly died chained up, during the eruption of Vesuvius.

[@glogang4445]

I’ve been watching your channel for a year now and I want to say, these last couple weeks have been extra amazing because I love the comedy that you have added on to your videos and still be able to learn from the video at the same time, if you could keep those characteristics in your videos that’d be amazing

[@hungrysnickers6163]

The guy in the intro: *ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME ROME*

[@apex2000]

Wouldn't it be "Roma" since that what ancient Romans called it

[@NeoTgl]

@@apex2000 lul

[@Benja944]

Usually its blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

[@Jrillix]

For my school History play I was cast as Spartacus and when I was doing research to make my costume accurate and I found out how horrible the fights acutely were

[@kelvin4900]

actually*

[@SuperGGLOL]

Kelvinthe BEAST7 lol

[@moumous87]

What was all that “bla bla bla bla bla”?! 😂🤣

[@markoyt8449]

moumous haahaa

[@mr.borkborkrandom3412]

I'ma fight this tigar *Comes back after battle* That went horribly wrong

[@babythanhx3]

mr. bork bork ramdom *tiger

[@marquise2246]

What's a tigar

[@eeee4386]

*mother of the tiger comes*

[@christophertillack7995]

When this popped up on my recommended, it said 'One Minute ago'

[@Sam-gl5vk]

I legit just did a project on this like a week ago. I wish you had posted this earlier

[@wren2403]

Fun fact: It's not thumbs down, they point their thumbs to their neck signaling they want the gladiator dead

[@nicolecimbalik131]

I love this video idea 😁

[@unrulycolt1560]

the white shirt guy with pinkish hair at 0:24 is punching the wall and scrubbing his chest simultaneously *genius*

[@luminary3515]

Even he has dyed hair during the times of the Roman Empire. *even more genius*

[@oliviachainey4124]

When I was at the Colosseum last year, all I could think about was what it must have been like to be there back then!!

[@zermanman9891]

Wow that must have been fun, I would do anything to go back in time and watch one of these

[@ImperialHell172]

Weren’t gladiators mostly treated like celebrities or sports starts like today? Or was the stuff in this video how it was in the early years? Because I watched a video a while ago about gladiators saying that the gladiators were expensive to train, feed, cloth and look after so killing wasn’t allowed

[@gebreamlakwoldegiorgis4795]

Netflix is just the modern day version of bread and circuses

[@kinstranger1608]

This channel is better then my History class. This channel has pictures and the videos are not long and it's interesting about the topics. But I know that you have to learn about History but man that's to long not interesting. This Channel is interesting, fun, cool, and short videos.♥️👏👍

[@joshuahowarth3536]

This really helped we’re leaning this in class rn

[@caiofrancobr]

Awesome effort, really enjoyable, congratulations. However, there was no such thing as "thumbs up, thumbs down" on gladiator fights. If you want the loser alive, you just wave the tip of your toga and say "missio"; if you want him dead, you just say "iugula" (behead) and move your thumb under your throat from one side to another, as we still do today, and that's all. At the Colosseum, the Vestal Virgins decided who must die or live.

[@LatinoPoder]

Great video. Like

[@originalShorai]

It's like they acknowledged that killing didn't really happen so much between gladiators but then went on a tangent about all the emperors would just do it whenever and every time. No, the emperor has a budget too, he's not going to just randomly waste what could be the cost of a company's equipment for nothing. Especially over the course of long events like Titus'. How many legions could that waste buy?

[@wagie95]

It’s sad that some of your videos are becoming factually incorrect

[@ClareBearBunny]

Because of the thumbs up/down thing?

[@tarambukis-c2q]

You came for 6:50.

[@evankwok3899]

I should probably be doing my homework but I usually learn more from this show XD

[@potatomatop9326]

Title: Me: ask emperor joker

[@julianaylor4351]

The modern version is sitting eating and talking, in a large cinema, watching a gory horror movie on an IMAX screen, with richer customers having the better seats.

[@vxy357]

Nah! The modern version would be watching a MMA/ UFC cage match at ringside or in the special boxes in some arena.

[@mariodisilva1640]

0:01 "Blah blah blah, blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah; Blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah." Yeah, that's the expert I wanna learn ancient history from.

[@Rekkenze]

I can only imagine a WWE setting with gladiators.

[@daisyrandone3212]

STOP

[@chillmushroom6016]

Them: pulls out armored and sword Me: pulls out a gun Them: what is that monstrouses thing

[@DominicT23]

I swear there is an AD every 30 seconds.

[@mrzrumph1715]

Gladiator is one of my favorite movies

[@cruz6168]

Actually the are not killed they were like celebrity’s

[@nathanc9866]

Yeah, sometimes they were, but it was not at all as common as pop culture portrays

[@Riceball01]

What's also overlooked was that there often was an actual referee in the arena with the fighters as well.

[@IberianCraftsman]

they sold figurines of famous gladiators even.

[@ayden3341]

I’m the 10th viewer lol, came online and this has been out for 11 seconds

[@modoesstuff]

2:08... roman citizen 1: "aye, you tryna watch a guy get murdered..." roman citizen 2: "nah, i'm not really feeling that, you feel like praying??" roman citizen 1: *BET!*

[@claudiaschat]

Fact: C.E. Is used in place of A.D. when fear of acknowledging Christian eminence influence on time and history.

[@ro4eva]

"Fear of acknowledging Christian eminence influence on time and history" -- Your opinion would carry much more water if the narrator had not acknowledged the eminent influence of Christians in permanently ending gladiatorial events/matches.

[@elijahgavin6706]

Fact: Modern western Christians love to assume an unwarranted persecution complex

[@joshuamadread3678]

I thought thumbs down actually meant put their weapons down.

[@janmajer4662]

8:14 I didn't know Anthony Kiedis was a Lanista

[@daisyrandone3212]

I’ve been to the colosseum before , WHY CANT I WITNESS THIS

[@jasperbell7529]

Do a video on the Wolf of Wall Street

[@braxtonferrell7982]

They should bring it back

[@noahaliva7223]

made me do a lesson on history about this video 0/5 starts

[@zerotsang4604]

it would be amazing.

[@mr.flip3338]

8:44 ''fighting skills'' shows off a man trying to push a spear into a training thing.

[@gdmax5070]

World War II in Rome Colosseum

[@danielnowik3106]

Well julius didn't expect a eruption

[@michaelkelley6856]

Hey could you do a video about wrinkles the clown I looked him up it seems like something interesting you could put on your channel just a thought

[@andnowwecry9225]

That's not how the thumbs up or down worked.

[@TrapKingz.]

It’s still true, if you know when seating at the stadium the further you are to the top the cheaper the tickets. Aka the poorer people..

[@frankn.3954]

revive gladiator fights wiht volunteers :D , i want watch this.

[@gin2543]

First

[@Noob-ue4ec]

Vxsha NO U

[@rymikuu]

EEEEEE

[@glumlyflumblus953]

aa

[@imdilyn]

Congratulations

[@czvkxo]

Gg

[@paytonharris3013]

So many of these videos make something new

[@rageagainstboredom]

Yes

[@AhmedAli-hi4si]

Most gladiators were glory seeking athletes who went to gladiator school There were some slaves but not all of them since gladiators were like modern day Hollywood stars in the eye of the masses loved and cherished by them sponsored and some gladiators done the ancient Rome equivalent of ads

[@markoyt8449]

Narrator- did you ever think Meanwhile* Background guy - bla bla bla bla bla

[@Nobody-ty9ve]

THIS IS SPARTA Oh sorry wrong people

[@sirkermitthefirstoffrogeth9622]

Can you please do the Zulus next?

[@engi.2]

My school made me watch this. Maybe school isnt so bad?

[@Kai-mt4hu]

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[@generoushuman967]

You guys should do you vs karuma (the nine tailed fox from naruto

[@iamaidansmith7542]

Thumbs down meant live thumbs up meant die which comes from the sheathing of a sword

[@ΓιώργοςΚοτσιούρος]

Mate was a nice doc. Although gladiators were slaves but treated like gods were like super stars .. there are docs talking about gladiators having days of the ludus... The games were very rarely to the death... Cuz nobody was winning from dead money expenses...

[@engineergaming3043]

Before gladiator after football

[@vivianamacedo5021]

Do the Terminator vs the joker

[@fernan2342]

I'm pretty sure the thumbs up/thumbs down thing was debunked

[@lickmypickle922]

Exactly. There's no proof of it

[@tooreal5820]

A thumb down meant to drop your sword and let him live, a thumb to the throat meant death

[@notastrangeperson2298]

Bruh just sitting here early, waiting for the history nerds to slam this channel, as usual

[@cowpea_h2786]

18 minutes ago. Yesh!

[@ivanmilesdaniellecorre4034]

Yeah

[@elonmusk6541]

C.E?? What happened to B.C or A.D??

[@awesomehpt8938]

Fun

[@kyuzo3313]

dude in 0:00 needs to chill

[@omgltsbenjitv9445]

Vomitaria in Latin would have been pronounced as (W)omitaria as v’s would have sounded like w’s. Just. Like vir(man) is pronounced as wir.

[@analcavity7149]

"You vs The Candyman." How do you survive and defeat him.

[@thejoshmystr9334]

Is see that pink hair character I very much appreciate and approve of the change

[@thecarterclanzoo7707]

Wait hold up did he say the coliseum was only 15 feet tall

[@Mrek_Travo]

Never notice i was early

[@noahplaysgames5649]

Epic.

[@Lady_Chalk]

Actually Thumbs down meant LIVE Thumbs up meant DEATH. Kinda weird

[@moumous87]

Colosseum, not Coliseum

[@iamgroot1450]

Colloseum

[@jamexx]

I.. i read Coliseum as Coachella..

[@darthbob8428]

Did he just say that gladiator fights inspired the Olympic Games because the first Olympic Games were in 700s BCE sooooooo......

[@metodoinstinto]

Battles rarely lead to death. They would fight "draw first blood".

[@mothman84]

That guy going, "Blablabla..." Just, why?

[@notastrangeperson2298]

Last time I came this early, it was twins...

[@snowbringercult]

You have earned my like. This was funny

[@notastrangeperson2298]

Diavolo 👍🏾

[@murica3892]

Top 10

[@MythicalPothead21]

Dude my dad is pregnant... I'm gonna be a Great Grandpa!!

[@notastrangeperson2298]

Ok boomer

[@rmendel1000]

@@notastrangeperson2298 better than the actual comment.

[@Lilithotw]

Jordan Akins no one asked tho

[@MythicalPothead21]

@@Lilithotw I love you more🥺❤

[@Mario87456]

Gladiator fights need to be brought back they sound awesome.

[@vxy357]

Just go to the Southside of Chigago or the worst hoods. You'll see plenty of life & death "gladiator" fights.

[@R0Guy21]

Watch Spartacus 😉

[@Estabanwatersaz]

Heathens!

[@amatacook]

I was about to say first but you two said it first :(

[@fsmoura]

It was brutal.

[@jrico153]

Harena is also sand in Spanish lol

[@shupgames]

Glad I at Ors are the best

[@aditigoswami8078]

This is horrifying

[@maigordon157]

i was mad last time i saw a gladiator fight me guy carpophores lost after just 1 min after his head fell off i didnt catch it but he was dead so no way for him to sign it :P

[@alphariusfuze8089]

🥖?🍕?🍞?🥪? *Your choice :)*

[@bonbonnybon]

Is it not spelt Colosseum?

[@annh596]

Cool

[@mazout02]

No

[@exploringlife8404]

What did the gladiators eat because they were super strong humans