09-10-2001, 09:27 PM
Gladiators were originally used in funeral games, fought at funerals and to commemorate the dead, it was effectively a form of blood sacrifice, and was not to the death. THey were certainly very expensive, and we can't think of most fights as being to hte death, enough were certainly surviving to become 'heavies' for mobs and gangs etc.Plus gladiators were trained to fight well and in an entertaining fashion. Although htey were skilled they certainly weren't going into hte arena looking for quick kills. <p></p><i></i>
In the name of heaven Catiline, how long do you propose to exploit our patience..
