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264 BCE
Gladiators fights began
The gladiator games were first started by ceremonial funerals as a sacrifice to the gods -
218 BCE
Roman Forum
is used as a stage for the gladiator to battle accord to Livy. -
105 BCE
Gladiator games grow popular
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105 BCE
The first official fight
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81 BCE
Colosseum opens
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76 BCE
Spartacus leads a slave revolt
Spartacus leads the gladiator revolt from Capua, looking to free all slaves in the Roman Empire. Along the way Spartacus and his gladiators amass a huge army that is big enough to withstand constant attacks from the Roman military. -
1 BCE
404 CE
The gladiator's games come to an end