The Roman Gladiator

The Ancients

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The ferocious, professional fighters who fought in great arenas all across the Roman Empire for the pleasure of the crowd were the celebrities of their day. They were sex symbols and yet they also ranked amongst the lowest in Roman society. Today the gladiator is one of the great images of ancient Rome but who exactly were they and what do we know about them?

Gladiator expert and historical consultant Alexander Mariotti joins Tristan Hughes to reveal the mind-blowing truth stories of these Roman professional fighters; from origins to lifestyle, to training and just how likely it was for a gladiator to be slain in the arena.

Presented by Tristan Hughes. Edited by Max Carrey and Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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1:06.7	the London Podcast festival. We will be recording our very first live show on Thursday the 5th of September at 7 p.m. at King's Place
1:16.0	and being the first live show where we want it to be extra special so I've
1:20.6	invited a friend of the podcast Professor Lloyd L Luellen Jones, to join me on stage where we will be diving into the captivating story of the Tower of Babel.
1:30.0	From its first mention in the Book of Genesis to the real life great ancient Babylonian structure that it was based on.
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