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[[Image:Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Pollice Verso (Gérôme)|Pollice Verso]]'' (1872) by Jean-Léon Gérôme]] [[Image:Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Pollice Verso (Gérôme)|Pollice Verso]]'' (1872) by Jean-Léon Gérôme]]
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'''Gladiators''' ([[Latin]]: ''gladiatōrēs'', "swordsmen" or "one who uses a sword," from ''gladius'', "sword") were professional fighters in [[ancient Rome]] who fought against each other, [[Wildlife|wild animals]], and condemned criminals, sometimes to the [[death]], for the [[entertainment]] of [[Spectator sport|spectators]]. These fights took place in [[arena]]s in many cities from the [[Roman Republic]] period through the [[Roman Empire]]. '''Gladiators''' ([[Latin]]: ''gladiatōrēs'', "swordsmen" or "one who uses a sword," from ''gladius'', "sword") were professional fighters in [[ancient Rome]] who fought against each other, [[Wildlife|wild animals]], and condemned criminals, sometimes to the [[death]], for the [[entertainment]] of [[Spectator sport|spectators]]. These fights took place in [[arena]]s in many cities from the [[Roman Republic]] period through the [[Roman Empire]].
[[Image:Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Pollice Verso]]'' by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872, is the immediate source of the "[[thumbs down]]" [[gesture]] in [[popular culture]]. It is owned by [[Phoenix Art Museum]].]] [[Image:Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Pollice Verso]]'' by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872, is the immediate source of the "[[thumbs down]]" [[gesture]] in [[popular culture]]. It is owned by [[Phoenix Art Museum]].]]
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*[[Alypius and violent Roman games]] *[[Alypius and violent Roman games]]
*[[Sword and sandal]] *[[Sword and sandal]]

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Gladiators (Latin: gladiatōrēs, "swordsmen" or "one who uses a sword," from gladius, "sword") were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and condemned criminals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators. These fights took place in arenas in many cities from the Roman Republic period through the Roman Empire.

Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872, is the immediate source of the "thumbs down" gesture in popular culture. It is owned by Phoenix Art Museum.
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Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872, is the immediate source of the "thumbs down" gesture in popular culture. It is owned by Phoenix Art Museum.

Games were an important celebratory element in the religious life of ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

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See also: arena - human hunting - bloodsport - bread and circuses - gladiator - violence - game - circus - Rome




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