games including handball, soccer, field hockey and others were popular (Fife). There was another style of sports specifically for public entertainment. Chariot races and fighting gladiators were huge events for 50,000 people to spectate in the Colosseum (“Colosseum”). Gladiators were mainly slaves, PoWs, and criminals. (Spielvogel, 347). Gladiator’s fights were not only for them though. Free men would also fight, commonly to prove their prowess. Originally, Gladiator fights were for funerals, but slowly…
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