Gladiators Flashcards
Three Types of Unfree Gladiators
Slaves
Prisoners of War
Condemned Criminals
3 Facts on Prisoner of War Gladiators
Thought to be first gladiators
Did not need to be trained
Not owned by lanistas
Auctorati refers to what?
Volunteer gladiators
2 different reasons why someone would volunteer as a gladiator
Pay large debts
Gladiators could be seen as celebrities
What did infames/infamia refer to
Legal status given to anyone who submits their body for pleasure of others (gladiators, prostitutes)
What rights did the infamia lose
Can’t run for office
Can’t vote
Can’t testify in court
Can’t have a will
True or False: Gladiators were slaves to their lanistas
False. Gladiators were slaves to their sentences
How could a free man become a gladiator without suffering infamia
Sign a contract to fight one match
Which gladiators typically fought first (from the ludus) and why
Most dangerous and sly ones
Goal was to kill most capable, and keep the docile
Which gladiators were saved for triumph and what does this demonstrate
Tallest and most handsome
Demonstrates that games were spectacle and to entertain audience
What were misbehaving gladiators threatens with?
Being sent to the mines (very dangerous)
Two examples of masculinity in/at the arena
Considered masculine to watch fights
Honor in gladiator accepting fate when missio not granted
Who named gladiators and what did the names commonly refer to
Gladiators would name themselves, commonly referred to invincibility and sexual allure
Define ludus
Gladiatorial schools
Define lanista
Person who ran the ludus
Define dictata
Choreography taught to gladiators in their lanista
Define palus
Used for training in the ludus
Stake in the ground, spinning post with weapons, dummy fighter
What was a gladiators diet and what parallel did this draw
They were well fed, similar to fattening a calf
How do the living conditions in ludus (sometimes) vary from in film
Standards of living weren’t bad, better than jail scenes depicted in movies
True or False: Gladiators could leave the ludus
True. There is evidence some gladiators could leave during the day and come in for “work”
True or False: Gladiators could have families
True
Give examples of femininity in/at the area
Gladiators had erotic appeal that attracted women (idea women needed men to satisfy sexual appetite)
Elite women occasionally swayed by gladiators
True or False: Female gladiatorial battles often ended the same way male fights did
False. At the end of a female fight release of death and freedom granted to both female warriors
