Assessing the Attitudes Shown Towards Gladiators by Roman Society.

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History

 

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Sean W

 

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July 17, 2016

 

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All the more fundamental was the loss of Roman citizenship or libertas. Upon recruitment new gladiators had to swear an oath, quoted by Seneca the Younger, to ‘be burnt, to be chained up, to be killed’ an similarly by Petronius ‘to endure branding, chains, flogging or death by the sword’. These were surely among the harshest terms of any profession...
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These were surely among the harshest terms of any profession. This bodily capitulation is entirely incompatible with what made a Roman citizen free. Much secondary evidence points to freemen inserting themselves into the gladiatorial ranks, although the figure varies widely from source to source – with a suggestion of up to 50% of gladiators being freemen by the end of the 3rd Century C...
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