The Truth About Ancient Gladiators | Adam Ruins Everything

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  • čas přidán 9. 04. 2018
  • The "movie version" of ancient gladiators is totally wrong! They were more like modern-day sports stars! Watch Adam Ruins Everything Presents: ReAnimated History on truTV.
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  • @bobbysauce1174
    @bobbysauce1174 Před 4 lety +5

    This time, Adam actually made something better and more kid friendly instead of darker and more murderous.

  • @AxenfonKlatismrek
    @AxenfonKlatismrek Před 4 lety +1

    The reason why we remember Colosseum as one big Arena filled with Blood is because that is how Christians described it in 500s

  • @hunterkiller1440
    @hunterkiller1440 Před 5 lety +1

    Why the dislike ? Gladiators back then were just WWE fighters nowadays. Contracted fighters with no union that worked them like slaves. It's Hollywood that romsntacized them.

  • @KuDastardly
    @KuDastardly Před 4 lety +1

    Another fun fact. The reason why the arena was ever called a colisseum was only because there was a statue of Colussus built next to it. The arena's true name is the Flavian Amphitheater.

  • @jjprs3062
    @jjprs3062 Před 5 lety +2

    "alright, I want you to float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, and avoid damage like a uninsured rental car!"

  • @112steinway
    @112steinway Před 3 lety +1

    Fun fact: gladiators were actually fed a carb heavy diet in order to make themselves fat. They did this because a layer of fat would provide some protection against slashing wounds and give the crowd the spectacle of wounds that looked gruesome, but really weren't.

  • @Guntherson220
    @Guntherson220 Před 4 lety +507

    I'm fully convinced that Jerry got a job narrating a bunch of documentaries, and Rick just hired Adam to keep trolling him.

  • @NO-tx1zl
    @NO-tx1zl Před 6 lety +2

    1 in 10 matches were deaths is actually a lot of you think about it

  • @lexn5739
    @lexn5739 Před 6 lety +1

    Ancient WWE

  • @DanielRenardAnimation
    @DanielRenardAnimation Před 6 lety +1

    'Adam Makes Everything Better'

  • @ayiniseasilyamused9215
    @ayiniseasilyamused9215 Před 5 lety +3

    "They were actually more like fans of a sporting event."

  • @theduke7539
    @theduke7539 Před 4 lety +2

    "If no one dies, how do we know who wins?"

  • @diegodelamacorra8901
    @diegodelamacorra8901 Před 4 lety +2

    Gladiators from what we knew: “Rip and tear!”

  • @finnthunder6542
    @finnthunder6542 Před 4 lety +1

    Maximus: "Are You Not Entertained!?"

  • @Gemnist98
    @Gemnist98 Před 4 lety +144

    Another fun fact: before each match, people would walk into the areana and hold up banners promoting different products - basically the ancient version of "This match was brought to you by the following:". In fact, for the movie Gladiator, the crew actually considered using this in the film, but ultimately cut it because they thought the audience would laugh it off as fake.

  • @TESkyrimizer
    @TESkyrimizer Před 4 lety +667

    When you realize chariot racing at was more deadly than actual gladiatorial combat

  • @lilyseren_2024
    @lilyseren_2024 Před 5 lety +1

    Hey, is that Jerry from rick and morty?

  • @Zamolxes77
    @Zamolxes77 Před 6 lety +2

    Gladiators killed actually, a lot, but not other gladiators. Before the gladiatorial matches were the executions, when prisoners were executed in fights, or by animals, so anyone with strong stomach and desire for blood could satisfy their need.

  • @littlebigb5370
    @littlebigb5370 Před 4 lety +232

    "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Here in a thousand years or more, people may romanticize UFC matches as to-the-death cage arenas, or football having no less than 30 broken bones per game.

  • @chickenpower5732
    @chickenpower5732 Před 5 lety +320

    He says "I'm a professional."