Message from @Koningin Van Italië

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2019-06-07 02:52:49 UTC  

They were cool though...I saw some drawing of one if their soldiers it looks really cool @Koningin Van Italië

2019-06-07 02:52:49 UTC  

The first gladiators were etruschians and the whole gladiator tradition until the 1/2 century was really similar to the etruschian

2019-06-07 02:53:03 UTC  

1/2 century bc

2019-06-07 02:53:24 UTC  

Fun fact: not all gladiators were slaves

2019-06-07 02:53:49 UTC  

In fact, a little part was made of volunteers

2019-06-07 02:53:55 UTC  

Both males and females

2019-06-07 02:54:05 UTC  

Mostly males of the lowest social classes

2019-06-07 02:54:13 UTC  

Did they use gladiators in the army ?

2019-06-07 02:54:26 UTC  

No

2019-06-07 02:54:36 UTC  

Why not

2019-06-07 02:54:43 UTC  

And that was a shame because they actually had a really similar Training

2019-06-07 02:55:02 UTC  

@Magneto ✌ you see, the gladiators were seen as the lowest possible class in all rome

2019-06-07 02:55:06 UTC  

On pair with prostitutes

2019-06-07 02:55:20 UTC  

Ahhh I see now ..wow

2019-06-07 02:55:21 UTC  

So they were loved inside the arena, but hated outside

2019-06-07 02:55:57 UTC  

Would have been useful in the battlefield

2019-06-07 02:56:14 UTC  

In fact, most of time (like 80% of the time) the population wanted the gladiators to live because they were loved

2019-06-07 02:56:38 UTC  

But on the other hand, they were sometimes hired as bodyguards or private armies

2019-06-07 02:56:59 UTC  

Before the various reforms to prevent private armies

2019-06-07 02:57:08 UTC  

Ahh like the modern WWE guys just real lol

2019-06-07 02:57:25 UTC  

Another fun fsct: they got laid

2019-06-07 02:57:27 UTC  

A lot

2019-06-07 02:57:40 UTC  

The sex appeal of the gladiators had NO MATCH

2019-06-07 02:57:56 UTC  

That's cool then being bodyguards lol

2019-06-07 02:58:04 UTC  

Them*

2019-06-07 02:58:18 UTC  

@Koningin Van Italië that sounds reasonable lol

2019-06-07 02:58:49 UTC  

@Magneto ✌ a wife of a senator (the second highest charge of the state) fleed with a gladiator in a romantic escape

2019-06-07 02:59:33 UTC  

They even got their own fan girls writing stuff on the walls

2019-06-07 02:59:50 UTC  

And they answered saying how big was their Gladius and such

2019-06-07 03:00:33 UTC  

This caused a lot of jealousy from various romans

2019-06-07 03:01:18 UTC  

I have the book I'm reading in the other room

2019-06-07 03:01:27 UTC  

It sounds more jolly than how the movies portrays it lol

Always these miserable guys not wanting to fight but forced to lol

2019-06-07 03:01:53 UTC  

Let me get it so I can make you see the photo

2019-06-07 03:02:05 UTC  

Okies

2019-06-07 03:02:17 UTC  

@Magneto ✌ they were miserable, not wanting to fight and forced

2019-06-07 03:02:24 UTC  

But it had also some upsides

2019-06-07 03:02:47 UTC  

Ahhh I get it

2019-06-07 03:04:14 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/578350904403689480/586389932575162378/Tintinnabulum-Fund_in_Herculaneum.jpg

2019-06-07 03:05:03 UTC  

Lol Wth...talk about boasting lol

2019-06-07 03:05:51 UTC  

Wait is that a lion?

2019-06-07 03:05:52 UTC  

This is a tintibullanum (wind chime) representing a gladiator cutting his own dick head