Life of a Gladiator - Roman History DOCUMENTARY
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- Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations and Roman history continues with an the life of a gladiator, as we discuss the origins, the rise and fall of the gladiators and gladiatorial games in Ancient Rome, their diets, routine, lives, as well as various types of gladiators.
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0:06 - Introduction
0:12 - Inaugural Games of the Colosseum
0:17 - The Duel of Priscus and Verus
0:44 - Titus Declares Both Gladiators Winners
1:21 - Overview of Gladiator Life
1:34 - Origins of Gladiators
2:27 - First Gladiator Classes
4:34 - Gladiator Games and Politics
4:46 - Julius Caesar's Funerary Games
5:38 - Gladiatorial Games Under Augustus
6:32 - Decline of Gladiatorial Games
8:01 - Types of Gladiators
10:02 - Life of a Gladiator
13:06 - Gladiator Training and Diet
15:06 - Living Conditions and Hierarchy
17:17 - Conclusion
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Hey, this has nothing to do with this video, but I thought you all should know about this. There is a channel called "GREAT HISTORY EN" that's ripping off the openings to your videos and editing their channel name into it.
Their most recent one is Ain Jalut.
You should do a video on Rome's Assassins...they had an organization during the roman period...
I can only imagine the GOAT debates Romans had for gladiators.
keep them, i'm going to the GOAT debates of chariot races ^^
The one who did not die would be the goat
@@clintonstephens273 Hollywood exagerated a lot the risk of being a gladiator. training one was expensive and you didn't kill them just like that. Most of the gladiators simply retired when they got old.
And even if it was true, some sport still have athletes that died doing it in the GOAT debates, just look at Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna.
@@josephguillerey4391 exaggerated or not slaves were cheap and so was life in the Roman world, and people tried to kill each other in the contest
@@clintonstephens273 slaves were cheap, it was the training itself that was expensive. Deaths did happen, but gladiator matches were much closer to modern WWE than actual deathmatches. Gladiators were trained to make each other bleed without doing major damage
I always find funeral gladiators a particularly cruel and ironic death. To lose your life because someone else's life needed to be celebrated must have been such an overwhelming feeling for anyone doomed to such a fate.
Just be good and you won't be killed... kinda like Horses aren't they...
@@breakerdawn8429 Yet being good only prolongs the experience until death or luck in gaining freedom.
And even with freedom living along side people who would of cheered just as much at ones death makes getting along with others very tough, Sure one could try to leave but it's likely that the fate would start from the beginning should the gladiator find themselves captured again for any number of reasons.
What lies beneath your feet?
Sacred ground, watered with tears of blood.
Yes! I loved Spartacus what a great show it was
Yes Doctori
@@stevekay1370 RIP to Andy Whitfield, a Great Actor with so much potential had he lived
@@Al_the_Phantom It was a sad loss man, he was brilliant as spartacus.
@@stevekay1370they’re making a new series
Gladiators were the very first influencers of purchasing behaviors. Just as modern day sports stars receive sponsorship deals, gladiators in Ancient Rome actually did advertise products for the businesses that paid them. There was a scene in Gladiator with Maximus selling olive oil that was cut because it seemed too unrealistic, even though this sort of thing really happened. As gladiators were the celebrities of their time (with their likeness and names sketched onto walls, billboards, as well as dolls and toys made out of them), them advertising products such as olive oil, clothes, a business's particular foodstuff would have been a profitable venture for both sides.
That's awesome, did you learn that on tik Tok?
@@sea_triscuit7980 Adam Ruins Everything more likely
Gladiators are like modern celebrities with fan clubs. There are accounts where female social elites often have one-night stands with their favorite gladiators. They also have wages at the same amount as a wage of a Roman Legionnaire. They also have off days where they visit local bars, bath houses and other amenities of urban life. Gladiators are able retire when they got their freedom as well as all the earnings. There are accounts where many stay behind in gladiatorial schools to train new gladiators when they get their freedom.
@@sea_triscuit7980My guy they sold gladiator sweat as a form of medicine. You really think they wouldn’t get them to advertise for somebody?
We don’t kno anything. Even this video has little sources. 8th century bc?? That’s nothing on the scale of earth.
As savage and horrible a death it was, can you just imagine being one of those gladiators who comes out on top in combat and just having the glory of that roaring crowd of the tens of thousands cheering you on. It must have been something thats for sure.
Especially if you won your freedom afterwards. No more cell as bedrooms, no more rigorous training every day, no more fighting for your life!
I'm beginning to believe that the Gladiator business had become an ancient experiment on how high the human species can achieve in physical fighting prowess, without the limits of modern humane constraints.
Just watched gladiator for the first time last night. What a film!
As long as you recognize that much of the movie is historically innaccurate, its a good film.
Especially the part about Marcus Aurelius wanting to restore the Republic 🙄@@nonnayerbusiness7704
@@nonnayerbusiness7704it was an R-rated Disney movie, nothing more
"Are you not entertained!?"-Maximus
Watch Those about to die, it is also very good
Immense timing! I just watched Gladiator for the first time yesterday:D
K&G ancient Rome uploads are like christmas for me. Also the artwork in this was outstanding. Keep these Rome videos coming!
Remember brothers and sisters. What we do in life... echoes in eternity.
Actually the quote goes,”” Brothers ….what we do in life echoes an internity
@@JazminSmith-2296 No one cares nerd.
"we who are about to die salute you"
Single column! Single column!
Nobody at work ever gets this when I point at teams and yell. You three! Single column!
@@NeverCheckBackOnComments I would get it hahah lock your shields stay as one
That story at the beginning was very heartwarming. I didn't expect a heartwarming story to start a video on gladiators, lol. As you went on to explain yourselves, life was certainly not so glorious or glamorous for most of them. Thank you for another fascinating video!
God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Excellent summary, as usual. Thanks for the video
Some historical topics, no matter how much I read or watch about them, always bring me back
Strength and honour!
Scotch and soda !
@@Countdooku97 they didn't have flat tops in ancient Rome!!!
You should do a video about the types of Gladiators and I hope that you can include the Gladiatrix (Female Gladiators) or the Essedarius (charioteers)!
❤ oh that would be awesome if he makes it!!
I would a rematch from the Invicta video about the Gladiatrix. I still can't believe there are people who think they don't exist when the primary sources that say they exist came from people who HATED the idea of the Gladiatrix and an Imperial Decree banning the practice...
FACTS…|
@@MezeWorld-h6m weird facts!
Same request.
I don't get why out of seven types, guy with the sword, shield, armguard and helmet is four of them
cost, familiarity. Your average roman or roman slave is more likely to know how to fight with a sword over a trident or something weird. Which makes them cheaper to train, arm and more likely to do better in the stadium.
effectiveness. Out of hundreds of melee combat styles, shield + stabby/bashy/slashy thing is the one best suited to one on one combat
Life of a knight templar next 😊
STRENGTH and HONOR
They didn't have flattops in Ancient ROME!!
Anyone looking for gladiator video games, I have to recommend "We Who are About to Die", an excellent indie RPG from Jordy Lakiere. It's got indepth career management and physics combat that's a real treat to play.
Holy smokes, this is very very nice well structured content🙌🙌🙌🙌👍🤘😎👨🏾💼
A new Gladiator movie is coming out…what a ‘coincidence’😅
That or the show Those about to Die, which was released a few days ago, and confidence have it that its during Vespasian'e reign
I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thanks for the good video ⚔️
Video on Emperor Majorian when?
Hello, you have made a small mistake regarding the reign of Claudius 16:03
all gladiators were not slaves.
Aye I'm surprised he didn't mention how many people in debt volunteered to be gladiators to escape their debtors and make money
All gladiators were in servitude though so splitting hairs some signed up for debt or other reasons but surrendered their rights for a given period
@@StuartAnderson-xl4bo Ignore the ones that wanted to be there that could end their contracts.
Then explain the entire Third Servile War of Spartacus??
Some were. Some were and earned their status as a freeman gladiator, and some joined the Lanista voluntarily.
*Yo Kings and Generals*
*Its been 200 days asking for Videos made on Horn of African Civilisation*
*Land of Punt, Macrobian Kingdom, Barbaria region Ancient Somali City States*
*We rarely get videos on Africa let Alone East Africa*
Make it yourself then instead of demanding it from a creator no one cares what you want
Last time i was this early rome was still an empire
But anyways nothing but a good roman history video makes a roman lover happy
Can you please make life of a cavalrymen or mounted knight?
Yaaaay dinner time and new K&G video!
ALL RIGHT!! More Italian history please!
Please do a video on courtesans in Ancient Greece and Rome
Will you also do an episode about female gladiators of Ancient Rome? It will be interesting to hear about it.
At some point, good idea
It was my understanding that during the second century, freedman volunteer gladiators became increasingly common
As always the best
I get this notification as I'm watching Those about to die what timing
@KingsandGenerals, Great video by the way; but I've noticed that some of your Series' haven't been continued yet. Such as the Chivalric Orders which you started with the Knights Hospitaller, the Crusades where you only talked about the Peoples' Crusade and 1st Crusade, and Lastly the History of the Crime Syndicates, where you haven't touched on Other Key organizations which included: Japanese yakuza (or Boryokudan), Colombian drug trafficking groups, Nigerian organized crime groups, Corsican mafia, Korean criminal groups and Jamaican posses.
My Question for you is Sir. Is Life of a Gladiator - Roman History DOCUMENTARY going to be a 1 Group Thing, or will you be touching on other Forms of Roman Entertainment?
Such as: the 'Roman Chariot Races', the Bestiarii: Beast Fighters, and 'Roman Gladiator Naval Battles (Better Known As: Naumachia).
As always fantastic episode!
A bit late in commenting on this excellent video. This video is appropriate and must see with Gladiator II coming out later this year.
What are your thoughts on the trailer for the upcoming film? It gives the impression of being a re-hash of the first film
It might be more of the same, but looks like a fun speactacle
@@KingsandGenerals Thank you for your reply.
Indeed, Ridley Scott does do epic scale well, worth going to see. It has been a long time in the making.
do we have a video out about the colosseum itself or do you have any suggestions ?
Maybe at some point
Yeah!
Please do a bideo about flavian dynasty
A Fantastic Video.
Why does this drop after Path of Exile buffed their Gladiator...?
World of Warcraft: season of discovery
Recently nerfed them into the ground because god forbid warriors have an easy rotation
i recall seeing roman boxing gloves at vindolanda
❤🤍💙 all your video's mate👍
Do "life of a samurai video" next.
Kinda a shame that Those about to die isn't really famous right now, I surprisingly liked it (even despite weird historical inaccuracies and edgemaxxing for whatever reason one of the most bloody and f-up'ed parts of history)
I was really excited when I saw the teaser and got really depressed when I saw the trailer. Idk I'll give it a watch I guess but I'm worried it's gonna just be another mid show I'll forget about in 3 months
What's edgemaxxing?
@@raylantz5144making shit as edgy as possible
@@screamingseal4805 I see, thank you.
@@screamingseal4805 I just realized that with current usage of the word edge, then edgemaxxing sounds dirty af
They didn’t feed the gladiators vegetarian diets because it was healthy. They did it to save money. Meat was expensive, the Romans saved it for themselves, and gladiators were prisoners. It was expensive enough keeping them alive and training them year after year. If it was so great & they were treated like “professional athletes” then why did Spartacus happen?
Great video as always
And here come the gladiator videos
1300 talents today is over 1 billion usd in debt jeez 😅
oh damn
Woah I didn't know Ryan Gosling was the first emperor of Rome 😳
Don't give Ridley Scott any ideas, please
@@KingsandGenerals😂
0:57 wow I didn’t realize Suzanne Collin’s was such a hack
For me the main question is: how real those fights were? As I understand, it was like WWE, highly theatrical, otherwise fights would be very short and unspectacular... Still many died.
About as real as needed. Gladiators are above all else investments of the Lanista houses that own them. They don't want a dead Gladiator they spent a lot of money training, housing, and feeding for these games...
It probably was different depending on the time period, area and school 🤔 some historians claim that those fights were mainly staged while others say they fought to the death
Probably some middle ground: gladiators were pretty expensive and extremly well trained, but not trained to kill effectivly but to fight in a way that is pleasant and interesting to watch
Same as their gear isn't meant to be THE most effective but rather looking good and helping to differentiate between fighters
Many of the renowned warrior classes throughout
History fought to advance their standings or protect their holdings gladiators are one of the few to fight for the entertainment of the public
I hope you will cover the history of Azerbaijan
Thraex🇷🇴
If our species doesn't destroy itself first I expect that we'll still be fascinated by Roman gladiators in another two thousand years!
Hell yeah brother
Cool video
Great as always KnG!
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Strength and honor.
Devin, triarius for the win. What's your favorite class of gladiator?
I AM SPARTACUS!
Spartacus is a great show if u love gladiator stuff.
I was under the impression that the barbarian kings of rome after the west fell would throw games of their own. At least that's what "told I'm stone" said
We who are about to die salute you!
Funny how we all love the trident boys now, whereas in the past they were disliked.
what does ""removed parts of lower abdomen that had escaped a wound" means could you please explain?
W Video 🎉
what about Comodus?
Kids eating beans on toast - "im eating like a gladiator"
King and generals like: Are you not entertained?!
"My name is Maxinus Decinus Meridias, commander of the Armies of the Northern Legions, loyal servant to Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance in this life or the next."
I Am Spartacus!
The rudius was not a wooden sword. It was a simple wooden staff. Just wanted everybody to know that.
12:24 not true
Even free Romans were gladiators.
There were not minor celebrites
damn. i almost went a whole week without thinking of the glory of rome lol
But how did you make a piece of content about roman gladiators, without basing it on an already existing movie?
I genuinely believe that this was the stat of boxing and MMA because they are the same today as the gladiators were then
I heard it was Etruscans that gladiator came out of
12:20 That’s not true. Not all gladiators were slaves. Disenfranchised urban youths and impoverished former soldiers often joined voluntarily to chase fortune. Some gladiators started as slaves, earned their freedom, and continued to fight for the lanista as a freedman. There are accounts of elite gladiators having wives, living outside the lanista, and reporting for training every morning-not unlike professional athletes of today. Some gladiators were quite wealthy. There’s an account of Emperor Commodus paying a famous gladiator something to the tune of 200,000 sesterce to come out of retirement for a one-off performance at the coliseum.
Ohhhhh my!!! Hang on let me order a pizza for this ❤😮
There is two more thing about gladiators... they were more for just entertainment for people of Rome.... often there were used as hired muscles in political fighting. Also from time to time roman generals (like Marius) were using using gladiatorial matches to boots fighting spirits of they armies.
No smart phones to look at back then but you could watch men fight eachother to the death! Lol
The narrator forgot to mention that there was a lot of sexual relations between gladiators and various women ranging from prostitutes to noble ladies. They forgot to mention how the gladiators appealed sexually to the ladies (and men) of the Empire.
"Panem et circenses"
"Audaces fortuna iuvat!"
Make life of a janissary
Besides for executions and animals, I think most the games were fixed and gladiator school was more like dance school.
Actually not all Gladiators were slaves as you mentioned. There were free men who joined the Gladiators for different reasons.
WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU!!!
Gladiator games officially ended in 404, so does many website today
Are you not entertained?
I thought it is wrong that all Gladiators were slaves, there were also quite a number of free men (and maybe even a few women) who fought for the money - although that put a huge dent on their civil rights. There were not really free as long as their contract lasted, but they were no slaves either, and it may be that they were dishonored even after that time.