We should'nt exagerate the mortality of gladiators. They were high level athletes instead of blade fodder. The fight-shows themselves involved rented gladiators, and if they finished dead or to badly injuried the organisators would have to pay an expensive fee to compensate the losses.
If I were like I am now but in Ancient Rome, I would be a bad gladiator !
(too skinny and not muscles enough)
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Alum dare, dolere, id Hephaestus, id ire / Pro profundis fati / Pro pulchris infernarum profundis / Pro pulchris omni fati brachium / Pulchris profundis infernarum servi fati / Profundis, profundis fati