![]() Gladiators’ diets, schedules and sexual partners were controlled by their keepers. Engineers, mathematicians, logicians and managers.Īlthough free, these groups of people had little control over their lives. Most were free and a good portion were skilled knowledge workers. In a similar fashion, last week I learned that very few of the workers building the pyramids were slaves. They courted fame and fortune – earning money and becoming celebrities. Gladiators formed unions to bargain for good conditions. ![]() Fatal battles were rare and pre-arranged. ![]() It wasn’t as bad a life as we might imagine either. Many were slaves, but most chose the life. Among other facts I learned that most gladiators were volunteers. Today I listened to a kid’s history podcast about ancient Roman gladiators.
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