Are Gladiators Victims or Heroes
By: Colin Shrader
Heroes or victms?
Battleing The Tigers
The games lasted throughout the day first animals vs. criminals
hand to hand
Into the afternoon gladiators would fight each other.
The champions shall fight
the last event of the day was the one versus one gladiator battle. These two would be excellent gladiators, usually a very intense battle.
Titus emporer of rome
Emporer Titus (above) was emporer for the only gladitorial match ever recorded in detail. Along with watching over the games in front row seats emporers also had special power in the games. they could give a gladiator life or death.
Crowd has input!
The crowd could help influence the emporer by sticking there thumb up or down. Up means the gladiator lives, thumbs down the gladiator dies
Peace or death
this is when the defeated gladiator would ask the emporer for mercy
Appeal! Appeal!+
the gladiator can appeal by raising their left hand, raising his index finger.