... people gladiatorial games free, in compensation for the people not being allowed to vote. The Emperor also had bread handed out to the people in between events to keep the people's support. The gladiators were obviously the main attraction. However, in they did not enter the arena until the early afternoon. In the morning there were beast hunts where beasts hunted each other and man hunted beasts. At lunchtime there were public executions where convicts and in the latter Roman years, Christians were executed by any means possible. Commonly animals such as lions were used to execute the prisoners in order to please the crowd. From lunch time to early evening the main attraction was shown- the Gladiatorial conflicts. Usually two different types of Gladiators fought. One might be laden with armour, armed with a curved sword (murmillo) and another might have weighted net, trident and light armour. This provided interesting ...

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