Daily Life In The Roman City (Gregory S. Aldrete)-
On holidays in ancient Rome they provided entertainment which was either theater performances or gladiator fights. They were also for funerals of nobles or leaders of Rome. Gladiators were first from the Etruscans who were the people that had the land before the Romans. Gladiator fights were rare until Caesar came to power and he made them more popular. Then when Augustus came to power he had them only 8 times in the sixty years he was in power. Unlike how they portray them in the movies gladiator fights were not very popular.
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