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The Real Life of Gladiators in Ancient Rome

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Tristan Hughes sits down with Alexander Mariotti, a leading speaker on gladiatorial life, combat, and weaponry as well as a historical consultant on Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' movie (2000).

Together they discuss what life was really like for these men entering the arenas of the Roman Empire, what they wore, what they ate, how much money they made and why they were considered the sex symbols of the time.

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