The Gladiator Games

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A complete background of the Gladiator Games is given. This includes the people who fought, the different types of events, the fighters' daily life, where they occurred, along with many other aspects of the games.

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"The origins of the gladiatorial games took place in 264 BC in Rome as part of an aristocratic funerary ritual. The first gladiatorial contest was put on by Decimus Junius Bratus, in honor of his deceased father. Three pairs of slaves served as the gladiators in the Forum Boarium, a commercial area named for the Roman cattle market. Romans called the contests a munus, which is a duty, paid by the descendants of the dead (Grant). This served to keep the memory of the deceased alive after their death. The contests were repeated annually or at five-year intervals. The gladiatorial fights were not brought into public games until the late first century."

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