Gladiators: everything you wanted to know
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The Roman Empire and the Roman Empire
Gladiates first came to the scene in the middle of the third century. The Roman state started putting on shows and spectacles as part of what they did, writes David Walliams. "I would be hard pressed to think of a civilization that didn't have significant combats," he says.
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