Myth: Gladiators Fought to Death

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Gladiatorial combat is one of the most misunderstood topics in the history of Ancient Rome. For centuries it was interpreted as a total bloodbath with literature and films producing incredibly inaccurate images of this Roman sport.

Today we're trying to analyze what it really was.

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