Why It Sucks To Be a Roman Gladiator

You were born free in the mountains of Thrace. At 17 you were sold as a slave, thrown into a gladiator school in Capua, fed nothing but barley, and trained to fight your own friends in front of 50,000 screaming Romans. This is what life as a real Roman gladiator was actually like — from the slave market to the Colosseum to the Gate of Death. Chapters: 0:00 Born on the wrong side of the empire 2:01 Bread and circuses 3:33 Sold 5:33 The ludus 7:37 Barley men 9:30 Choose your fighter 11:32 The rules 13:32 Your first fight 16:15 Famous and worthless 17:49 Why nobody runs 19:21 The Colosseum 21:56 The end #history #ancientrome #gladiator