What was the name given to a professional fighter in Ancient Rome?
Correct answer: Gladiator
Mel
MOST GLADIATORS WERE SLAVES WHO DIDNT HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT FIGHTING. SOME DID VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT AND THEY WERE VERY POPULAR.
Queen Esther
My fam liked the Gladiator movies I was like it was ok!!
Jerms
Gladiatores were actors who fought with a "rudus," which is a wooden sword "milites Romani" used to practice with each other before combat. Only slaves fought to the death in the arena, and the winners were granted Roman citizenship.
Tom
Professional fighters?? they were almost always slaves. A slave cannot be a professional anything. The word "profession" is used when expert, dedicated, even full-time, tradesman or many other descriptors are better.
Lil
Was it a fight to the death type of combat?
Brian
Maximus Russel Crowe great movie