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What did ex-Gladiators do after being freed?
What did ex-Gladiators do after being freed? Did they stay near to what they knew or chose completely unrelated professions and prospered?
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Were the animals used for gladiatorial combat in Rome trained?
Were the animals used for gladiatorial combat in Rome 100% wild, or were they trained in any way (either for entertainment purposes like today's circus animals, or for fighting like fighting dogs are ...
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What was more expensive to lose in a gladiatorial fight: a gladiator or a rare animal?
We know that, aside from man-to-man combat, gladiatorial fights would often pit human gladiators against wild animals.
Is there any documented historical evidence that would show what was a bigger ...
