were gladiators heros or victims?
By Edward Park
The Hero side
types of gladiators
There were multiple types of gladiators in ancient times.
judges
In gladatorial battles, there was a judge to make sure that they don't cheat. Though I don't really see a purpose for this.
Animals v.s. Gladiators
Sometimes wild animals will be caught just to fight gladiators in the arena. Most were exotic, like tigers, giraffes, and elephants.
The Victim side
appealing to the crowd
gladiators fight to the death, so if you don't kill, you're dead yourself. you also have to appeal to the crowd. If you don't, you're also dead
disposing of the bodies
When a gladiator dies, they are thrown into a pit where they dispose of dead gladiators
win?
It's not the end chump.
The picture above
There were some woman gladiators. But not as many as there were men gladiators.
DA CONCLUSION
Even though they were honored if they were in the battlefield and won, that does not chage the fact that they had to kill hundreds of people to get to this rank. I have to say that gladiators were victims against the rich. But were heros against each other. They were honored by everyone, yet despised by the rich if they lost.