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The age of the Gladiators was long after the sun set on the Hoplites."Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"
Well, perhaps these facts might help:Don't bother me with facts.
I think you might want to dig deeper.Well, perhaps these facts might help:
Gladiators were often poorly armed and had various pieces of obsolete armor (if they were given any).
Their weapons were subgrade and often specialized for arena combat and certainly not military grade.
Actual trained Gladiators were often pitted against weaker opponents who had little or no protection and armed with only a trident or old sword.
Captured prisoners of war were often pitted against professional Gladiators, but they were not afforded their armor or weapons, so there was an intended handicap to insure they would lose.
To be honest, there was nothing glorious about gladitorial combat - Hollywood makes it out to be much more spectacular than it really was.
The games were rarely ever fair.I think you might want to dig deeper.
Romans set up games cancelling out the advantage one had, with a handicap.
No - Rome took their cicenses seriously and didn't allow that sort of nonsense.Was there no breakdancing, BMX or synchronised diving between gladiators then?
I can point you to sources that maintain that the mens 3 meter springboard synchronised diving is the ultimate expression of masculinity and gladiatorial combat, and it has been for several thousand years. I must admit all those sources work for the BBC sport commentary team though.No - Rome took their cicenses seriously and didn't allow that sort of nonsense.
Ahh...now, if he had said "have you ever seen a grown man naked", I would have caught the reference.Geez, GrauGeist - SaparotRob was making a joke with a reference to a scene in the movie Airplane (1980 version) - and you took him seriously.
Sigh.