The events had a political edge and were used to showcase the might and power of the Roman Empire. Gladiatorial contests were originally held in the Forum, an enormous, rectangle-shaped marketplace in ...

The stadium in Cibyra hosted gladiatorial games called munera and wild beast hunts during the Roman period. Previously, in the Hellenistic era, it had been used only for athletic competitions.

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Trajan’s triumph was celebrated with gladiatorial games. Though Marcus Antonius Exochus was a novice fighter, he put on an impressive display that was later recorded on his tombstone. It reads, in ...

Thereafter it rapidly became an essential feature of politics and of the social life in the Roman world. The popularity of the combat led to its use in more lavish and costly spectacles called ...

A few Roman Emperors even got in on the action and fought amongst ... Emperor Constantine (who is considered the first Christian emperor) banned gladiatorial games. However, fights still took place ...

Although direct evidence of gladiatorial games at Maumbury Rings is absent ... spectacles might have looked like for Britons ...

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Once the Colosseum was finished in 80 C.E., its completion was celebrated with a number of opening day games ... gladiatorial contests, one of which pitted Priscus against Verus. Their battle was ...