That’s such an awesome amphitheater I went there with my family a couple years ago and it was an amazing experience to go under and see how stuff worked and how it would’ve looked back then.. Great video
One of the best interviews I've seen. Thanks also for showing - based on experience - just how much hard work and training had to, and has to, go in to this.
I was there with an exchange group from Poland, it was awesome, this guy, the Lanista, made us a fantastic presentation, you could feel the passion in the way, he talks about it. He though us also the technics of fighting with this shield, spear and net, I remember it, as it was yesterday
Let It Gogu no your right and I'm wrong, of course a front flip is the most practical way to get from a to b and those ninja rolls are obviously so much more practical than walking, obviously the more spins you do the more advanced you are !
There's a lot of optimized modern fightstyles out there, so I think this is not a Self Defence fight style at all. but it sure is a good Workout disipline, looks fun, and what I consider the most value, in my opinion, is the Historical Knowlege.
like he said, they more than likely survived. gladiators were investments and weren't thrown away by their trainers. gladiators main goal was to entertain, get cut up a bit, and get stitched up for next time
It's due to kickboxing muscle memory, he imagined himself executing a kick. As a a pure boxer that wouldn't happen becauseboxers never give the back to the enemy or you will get rabbit punched.
A DAGGER FIGHTER to be precise. Gladius - dagger, the larger would be known as Pompeian gladius or its original name XIPHOS. The large sword would be know as SPATHA.
Provocateur actually, Real gladiators didn't fight in coloseum to the death, thats a common mistake. In truth it was a respected sport game like boxing, the only killing is accidental like 1/10 of the Time.
Gladius, buckler(Sun ray shaped sword catcher design), gauntlet for shield arm.. Full shield is only for open battle field against archers. Helmet should not impair your vision and need only protect the eyes from slash and I would wear a thick scarf around the neck. Weapon hand tends to be my favorite target until a mistake is made and you can generally use your enemies weapon to guide you to target. They should have combined gauntlet and gladius into one to free up the hands for grappeling and other things.
Hi, what are the dimensions of the shields at 3:45 and what sort of shield are they supposed to represent from history? Viking shields were circular and Upright shields were usually held with a vertical bar grip -- I've never seen a horizontal bar grip so I'm wondering if there were any historical shields that did it that way.
***** Celtic shields and Roman shield were like that, hit it up on google images and get some good celtic shields, they're formed like that with the horizontal grip
Max Loh wich of the longer shield types are held with an vertical bar? The scutum is held by a horizontal bar and kite/drop shields are held by a straping on the back.
Haha idiot, say that after you get your ribs broken by being stabbed with a "wooden knife". The only legal metal weapons allowed are only in M1 and Knight Teams Vs* and even then they are made dull and you are not allowed to stab only slash. The stupid ignorant OP bait Troll is not impressed huh
Very good démonstration ! i am french, and i am in the historical reconstitution in the XIVe ! but i like the fighting of Gladiator ! very good work ! Sorry for my english who is bad. :D
I recognize the 3rd century Dura Europos (eastern Syria) rectangular scutum. I have the same since I now reenact a Crisis of the Third Century legionary.
Gladiator actually meant swordsman/ wielder of a gladius as that was what the original (as in the first) gladiators used and what their name is derived from
One thing that I hate is when people try to relate or contrast a separate Asian martial art that they train, with a historical European martial art, when they are completely different combat systems and share practically no similarities . Kickboxing = Gladiatorial combat system, WTF mate!
+Chrominance87 really, it's all using the same human shape, all truly useful martial arts are broadly similar. I also think he more meant that it was a combat sport, like gladiatorial combat was.
I want to train. I am group fitness instructor, strength and conditioning coach for sports combat, MMA coach (amateur), and 20 year martial arts. if I had the money, I'd train with you guys.
Great job done by this remarkable man. When I think of Gladiators and what they went through and look at the world now I don't see many changes. We clothe men in beautiful outfits, fill them up with mainly falsehoods of bravery as in bravery equated with death which is completely wrong, and they die. The Gladiators were brave men for sure, but their death was pointlessly gruesome and tragic. I wish I could time travel, though, and go back and see how mankind has evolved through the ages. Until that impossibility becomes real I will go with we have learned nothing. The modern world is the worst man has ever been. I wish the 21st century hadn't been a fucking dark age nightmare, but we are stuck with a lot of idiotic people and stupid means you get a lot of power intelligent and sensitive means people hate you. As you can tell we've learned nothing at all.
***** Posso chiedere se "BARILLA" è il tuo "nick" o il tuo cognome? :) ...e comunque - sì - grazie! Lo sapevo era solo una domanda retorica. Quello che non sapevo era lo "spelling": "Trier"!... :)
I mean maybe hes not a real gladiator because they dont kill each other, but thats kind of a good thing like if you lose or make a mistake your not going to die and you can come back and keep having fun. but has others said earlier gladiator reenactor, not real one.
Looks like your fighting with cast arm and leg.. Lol.. But this is awesome tho.. Those Helmets in days must be very weighty.. And you have any Gladiatrix?
Sorry to say, but I don't think retiarius was fighting like showed here, and his net probably looked different ( with main rope around net , end kept between fingers to catch and bond oponent like lasso, and probably with small metal weights around net) . and they probably didn't wave net all the time, they kept it for ideal moment . sorry but waving net like that is a little bit useless, could be better to use spear or trident by both hands instead .
gladiators weren't used in a war as he says they were good at man to man combat however the romans fought in a line of men so they only had to train them to thrust so they could make an army in no-time because training them for man to man combat like he also says takes a 3 years to become effective the roman training could get the same effecencie in months
Actually the gladiators were used in a civil war in the year of the four emperors. Otho did not have enough legions to face Vetellius so gladiators all over Italy were pressed into service.
Sometimes it was out of the trainer's hands... the local magistrate or title-bearing person decided the fate of the defeated based on the mood of the crowd
Those comments belows are embarassing. This is just a historical martial sport. Why they should hurt each others while fighting? Do the karatekas hurt each other? Or do the Kung fu or aikido fighters? Thanks God today there exist something called Human Rights, no one should get injured during sports, works, jobs, et cetera. Things happens, ok, but these are simply accidents. evolve yourselves, men. Wake up. The stone age is gone by so far! :-)
vehrkalia gladiators should be brought back with real weapons and real death instead of some corrida shit torturing bulls that did nothing to deserve this... let humans fight if they want to see some freaking blood and poke sharp swords into eachothers..
+vehrkalia What are you talking about? Sports injuries is a billion dollar business, doctors make FORTUNES treating everything from concussions to broken limbs. Do karate's hurt each other? You bet your ass they do. They're not punching air, they're punching and kicking each other. My brother in law has a black belt in karate, I have seen him with black eyes, he has also gotten his nose broken, and he doesn't even compete, these are injuries he gets while fighting other men. Human rights? LOL, this is SPORT, your goal is to defeat your enemy. Just because boxers hug each other after the match doesn't mean they didn't spend time beating each other up. "The stone age is gone by so far! :-)" Read some books, the Roman gladius is made out of steel. The Romans are history's #1 civilization, Rome is known as the eternal city for a reason. We owe the Romans a lot, and my only problem with this video is that it isn't real. A real gladiator contest might end in injury or death, here there's little chance for either.
+vehrkalia Because he said "This is not a re-enactment group, we're fighting real!".. Now wouldn't you expect some real hurting and fighting if this is how they actually label themselves. "In the FIGHT we are enemies" shall I go on?
Seth Delmar Interesting, as I believe the Swastika is illegal in Germany. *In late 2005 police raided the offices of the punk rock label and mail order store "Nix Gut Records" and confiscated merchandise depicting crossed-out swastikas and fists smashing swastikas.*
Valchrist1313 The German Strafgesetzbuch (Criminal Code) in § 86a outlaws "use of symbols of unconstitutional organisations". This concerns Nazi symbolism in particular and is part of the denazification efforts following the fall of the Third Reich.The law prohibits the distribution or public use of symbols of unconstitutional groups, in particular, flags, insignia, uniforms, slogans and forms of greeting.[1] Whoever domestically disseminates or produces, stocks, imports or exports or makes publicly accessible through data storage media for dissemination domestically or abroad, means of propaganda: Whoever:1. domestically distributes or publicly uses, in a meeting or in writings (§ 11 subsection (3)) disseminated by him, symbols of one of the parties or organizations 2. produces, stocks, imports or exports objects which depict or contain such symbols for distribution or use domestically or abroad, in the manner indicated in number 1,shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. (2) Symbols, within the meaning of subsection (1), shall be, in particular, flags, insignia, uniforms, slogans and forms of greeting. *Symbols which are so similar as to be mistaken for those named in sentence 1 shall be deemed to be equivalent thereto.*
***** Yea i'm not saying the swastika is a bad symbol(i know it has a deeper history than Nazis) what i'm concerned about is that the symbol is illegal where this video was taken(Germany)
Seth Delmar Yes, the sole exemptions are religious institutions like Hindu or Buddhist temples. Even ironic or outright swastika hating images can get you arrested. There's at least two distinct violations here as well, because it is both a publicly displayed image, and is being distributed digitally. Germany needs to let free speech prevail though. It's gone too far when you censor art that is not hate-speech. (Wolfenstein)
Gladiators barely fought to the death. Time and money were put into them with gladiator schools so they were barely killed and thumbs down did not mean death
"After fight, we take together beer." Well, said! Well, said!
Spoken like a true German! ^_^
That's how fighting sports/reenactments shall always end
;3
Would love to try this out if I had the chance.
Same
That’s such an awesome amphitheater I went there with my family a couple years ago and it was an amazing experience to go under and see how stuff worked and how it would’ve looked back then.. Great video
Thanks! And glad you got to visit it too!
One of the best interviews I've seen. Thanks also for showing - based on experience - just how much hard work and training had to, and has to, go in to this.
I was there with an exchange group from Poland, it was awesome, this guy, the Lanista, made us a fantastic presentation, you could feel the passion in the way, he talks about it. He though us also the technics of fighting with this shield, spear and net, I remember it, as it was yesterday
1:17 what was with that spin?
didn't you know turning your back to the enemy is what wins fights !
+mcpartridgeboy i thought backflips and ninja poses were what wins the fight. oh well, you learn something new every day
Let It Gogu no your right and I'm wrong, of course a front flip is the most practical way to get from a to b and those ninja rolls are obviously so much more practical than walking, obviously the more spins you do the more advanced you are !
He spins to get rid of the net
@@dogukanozturk8547 And promptly gets himself stabbed in the neck. RIP
i love ancient Rome, i need to go here
LabesCaenumYT let’s make a time machine
You need to get captured and enslaved first.
@@tooyoungtobeold8756 You could make friends with Commodus, he was a gladiator fanatic. Then again, you could get shot full of arrows.
You gotta learn how to speak Classical Latin first
I'd love to get lessons for this
if i wasnt in the other side of the World i would be there every single day to learn how is to be a gladiator.
This is the first infomercial I've ever seen that made me want to buy the product.
I'd love to train like a gladiator. Training is intense. This should be an Olympic sport. I could dedicate 2 years
There's a lot of optimized modern fightstyles out there, so I think this is not a Self Defence fight style at all.
but it sure is a good Workout disipline, looks fun, and what I consider the most value, in my opinion, is the Historical Knowlege.
I live only a few hours way from Trier and I never knew this was a thing haha
like he said, they more than likely survived. gladiators were investments and weren't thrown away by their trainers. gladiators main goal was to entertain, get cut up a bit, and get stitched up for next time
Más videos como estos, un deleite de ver en la tarde y con un buen te, me e canta
1:16 did he just spin, with a scutum?
speen ATTACK
tbh he was probably trying to get free of the net
It's called a pro gamer move
He got caught in the net so he spinned to get it off
It's due to kickboxing muscle memory, he imagined himself executing a kick. As a a pure boxer that wouldn't happen becauseboxers never give the back to the enemy or you will get rabbit punched.
this was a nice video, but gladiator is actually swordsman is latin, it comes from the word gladius
A DAGGER FIGHTER to be precise. Gladius - dagger, the larger would be known as Pompeian gladius or its original name XIPHOS. The large sword would be know as SPATHA.
What does that have to do with anything?
Nop gladius is a shortsword, not a dagger
Gladius is sword or short sword, Pugio is dagger. Right?
Provocateur actually, Real gladiators didn't fight in coloseum to the death, thats a common mistake. In truth it was a respected sport game like boxing, the only killing is accidental like 1/10 of the Time.
I have been to their show in Trier during Brot and Spiel festival days
Gladius, buckler(Sun ray shaped sword catcher design), gauntlet for shield arm.. Full shield is only for open battle field against archers. Helmet should not impair your vision and need only protect the eyes from slash and I would wear a thick scarf around the neck. Weapon hand tends to be my favorite target until a mistake is made and you can generally use your enemies weapon to guide you to target. They should have combined gauntlet and gladius into one to free up the hands for grappeling and other things.
I would love to participate in this training camp! So it's mostly held in Germany?
Man... it's stuff like this that makes me wish I live in Europe. Hahaha! Thanks!
@@GuroFerd Same!
Hi, what are the dimensions of the shields at 3:45 and what sort of shield are they supposed to represent from history? Viking shields were circular and Upright shields were usually held with a vertical bar grip -- I've never seen a horizontal bar grip so I'm wondering if there were any historical shields that did it that way.
***** Celtic shields and Roman shield were like that, hit it up on google images and get some good celtic shields, they're formed like that with the horizontal grip
Max Loh wich of the longer shield types are held with an vertical bar? The scutum is held by a horizontal bar and kite/drop shields are held by a straping on the back.
Scutums had horizontal grips it allowed you to hold it hanging from your arm so it put less strain on the shoulders and arm.
"We are fighting real"
sees the wooden knife.
rofl
+Lichlord Kazam Yea and his he is a real Gladiator. Not a reenactor. A real gladiator would be in prison right now dont you think
Paul A yeah, but i mean they could rather use some metal blunt knifes and shortswords.
***** What I am sayin is why not just call yourself a reenactor if thats what you actually do. I dont see any problem with being a reenactor.
are you that stupid to think that they would fight for real?
Haha idiot, say that after you get your ribs broken by being stabbed with a "wooden knife".
The only legal metal weapons allowed are only in M1 and Knight Teams Vs* and even then they are made dull and you are not allowed to stab only slash.
The stupid ignorant OP bait Troll is not impressed huh
I would love to watch this even if they scored it with red paint... so cool
Thought I was watching a Marc Felton productions video for a sec 😂
We need a lot of conditioning we need a lot of strange. Know the feeling I like me some strange as well
Hahhahahhaah!!!
You want strange? Try to piss,shit and run simultaneously.
Very good démonstration ! i am french, and i am in the historical reconstitution in the XIVe ! but i like the fighting of Gladiator ! very good work ! Sorry for my english who is bad. :D
your English is probably the worst I've seen on youtube.
I recognize the 3rd century Dura Europos (eastern Syria) rectangular scutum.
I have the same since I now reenact a Crisis of the Third Century legionary.
Nice way of keep fit and must be funny as hell!
This looks fun, I would love to try it
At first I thought it was a 3d animation his skin and armor looked so clean
i really love to be in that training
OMG!
This is some awesome stuff!
But that class with no armor is some crazy stuff!
-_- I was here like 1 day ago with school lol
Lol
Gladiator actually meant swordsman/ wielder of a gladius as that was what the original (as in the first) gladiators used and what their name is derived from
That's what he said
Anyone know that this is still a thing today, or is it not anymore?
I believe it still is! At least, these guys are still in Trier!
@@AdventuresofaTravelButterfly ahh I see, thank for letting me know. :)
I think the HMB or BoTN are pretty hardcore too, saw bunch of people with head bleed even in helmet.
I ended here after watching Metatron's video about gladiator classes.
Same, I wanted to see the net guy in action 😂
i would love to see it back in old glory, sand, blood and beasts
Thank you for making my point
I wish we had something like this here...I really do
I would really like to try it.. But im kinda far away from germany
One thing that I hate is when people try to relate or contrast a separate Asian martial art that they train, with a historical European martial art, when they are completely different combat systems and share practically no similarities . Kickboxing = Gladiatorial combat system, WTF mate!
+Chrominance87 really, it's all using the same human shape, all truly useful martial arts are broadly similar. I also think he more meant that it was a combat sport, like gladiatorial combat was.
When you are fighting for your life martial arts don't matter, it's all about surviving.
I want to train. I am group fitness instructor, strength and conditioning coach for sports combat, MMA coach (amateur), and 20 year martial arts. if I had the money, I'd train with you guys.
And, bring that knowledge back home.
I want to join this programme but I live in India
maybe one day we'll have a world wide international gladiator compitition.
Great job done by this remarkable man. When I think of Gladiators and what they went through and look at the world now I don't see many changes. We clothe men in beautiful outfits, fill them up with mainly falsehoods of bravery as in bravery equated with death which is completely wrong, and they die. The Gladiators were brave men for sure, but their death was pointlessly gruesome and tragic. I wish I could time travel, though, and go back and see how mankind has evolved through the ages. Until that impossibility becomes real I will go with we have learned nothing. The modern world is the worst man has ever been. I wish the 21st century hadn't been a fucking dark age nightmare, but we are stuck with a lot of idiotic people and stupid means you get a lot of power intelligent and sensitive means people hate you. As you can tell we've learned nothing at all.
From now on a million people will be following you down the road :)))
3:53 on, is that joergsprave aka the slingshot channel? :o (the guy to the left)
No.
The net that guy is using is very very light
+Cummajainen /// it has to be throwable and quick to use. What good would a heavy net be if it took a long time?
Damn , i wanna do this , hopefully i will get a chance
Treyr? That's AUGUSTA TREVERORUM - a former Roman colony, turned into a city over the centuries, right?
*****
Posso chiedere se "BARILLA" è il tuo "nick" o il tuo cognome? :)
...e comunque - sì - grazie! Lo sapevo era solo una domanda retorica.
Quello che non sapevo era lo "spelling":
"Trier"!... :)
Were some of the students her Belgian/flemish by any chance? Thought i picked up some dutch/flemish
So if go to your gladiator ring
Then can fight you with real weapons
Not wood swords
Yeah but opponents are only allow to injure each others. No killings allowed ...
Slayer agreeable
I wanna go there
yeah, I think the video said that gladiators would fight to the death about 4 times a year.
My brother stayed in Trier for 5 months
For free?
OMG I WAS JUST THERE
Everybody gangster till gladiator pops the Glock
I mean maybe hes not a real gladiator because they dont kill each other, but thats kind of a good thing like if you lose or make a mistake your not going to die and you can come back and keep having fun. but has others said earlier gladiator reenactor, not real one.
This have to be something special for all Ancient times fans :)
What's the song at 0:01
what is the song in the beggining, it sound gripping
Looks like your fighting with cast arm and leg.. Lol.. But this is awesome tho.. Those Helmets in days must be very weighty.. And you have any Gladiatrix?
I can't do these activities. I lose my temper sometimes and I always get dark in my mind.
Sorry to say, but I don't think retiarius was fighting like showed here, and his net probably looked different ( with main rope around net , end kept between fingers to catch and bond oponent like lasso, and probably with small metal weights around net) . and they probably didn't wave net all the time, they kept it for ideal moment . sorry but waving net like that is a little bit useless, could be better to use spear or trident by both hands instead .
gladiators weren't used in a war as he says they were good at man to man combat however the romans fought in a line of men so they only had to train them to thrust so they could make an army in no-time because training them for man to man combat like he also says takes a 3 years to become effective the roman training could get the same effecencie in months
Actually the gladiators were used in a civil war in the year of the four emperors. Otho did not have enough legions to face Vetellius so gladiators all over Italy were pressed into service.
Sometimes it was out of the trainer's hands... the local magistrate or title-bearing person decided the fate of the defeated based on the mood of the crowd
never been in a sword fight in his life
We need to use shields as melee weapons more often, right?
Are there more gladiator schools in Europe?
Germany
and then when two gladiators fought each other? What happens with the 90% chance then?
Look at that scar on his eyebrow. Did he get that from gladiator fighting or kickboxing?
Were do i sign up for this to real gladiator and fight with a real swords
4:06 Are these guys Flemish, it doesn't sound German
I’m gonna start my own lanista
What web site do you go to for this
"real"
What a mad man!
6 days a week at 10-12 hours? Do these guys not work?
He was using the net wrong.
We must bring thia back
Lol, did that guy just do a spinning attack at 1:16 that left him completely exposed, which then got stabbed in the chest? Too many Hollywood movies.
I don't think Gladiator means sports man. Given that it comes from Gladius which means sword.
Those comments belows are embarassing.
This is just a historical martial sport. Why they should hurt each others while fighting? Do the karatekas hurt each other? Or do the Kung fu or aikido fighters?
Thanks God today there exist something called Human Rights, no one should get injured during sports, works, jobs, et cetera. Things happens, ok, but these are simply accidents.
evolve yourselves, men. Wake up. The stone age is gone by so far! :-)
Man, you completely misunderstood what I meant. My compliments. XD
P.s. I'm an Archaeologist.
vehrkalia gladiators should be brought back with real weapons and real death instead of some corrida shit torturing bulls that did nothing to deserve this... let humans fight if they want to see some freaking blood and poke sharp swords into eachothers..
+vehrkalia What are you talking about? Sports injuries is a billion dollar business, doctors make FORTUNES treating everything from concussions to broken limbs. Do karate's hurt each other? You bet your ass they do. They're not punching air, they're punching and kicking each other. My brother in law has a black belt in karate, I have seen him with black eyes, he has also gotten his nose broken, and he doesn't even compete, these are injuries he gets while fighting other men.
Human rights? LOL, this is SPORT, your goal is to defeat your enemy. Just because boxers hug each other after the match doesn't mean they didn't spend time beating each other up.
"The stone age is gone by so far! :-)"
Read some books, the Roman gladius is made out of steel. The Romans are history's #1 civilization, Rome is known as the eternal city for a reason. We owe the Romans a lot, and my only problem with this video is that it isn't real. A real gladiator contest might end in injury or death, here there's little chance for either.
+vehrkalia Because he said "This is not a re-enactment group, we're fighting real!".. Now wouldn't you expect some real hurting and fighting if this is how they actually label themselves. "In the FIGHT we are enemies" shall I go on?
Where can I buy equipment?
Probably Amazon - they seem to have everything.
Didn't gladiator fights have sort of a circusy or professional wrestling-esque amount of showmanship, or theatrics?
undoubtedly fun :)
Is something like this in Poland ?
In Gdansk or so ?
I want to do this
I would absolutely do this everyday for 12 hours
What kind of helmet is that?
4:33 is that a swastika on the scutum?!?!
It is. And so fucking what? The Swastika has a deeper history than the Nazis.
Seth Delmar Interesting, as I believe the Swastika is illegal in Germany.
*In late 2005 police raided the offices of the punk rock label and mail order store "Nix Gut Records" and confiscated merchandise depicting crossed-out swastikas and fists smashing swastikas.*
Valchrist1313 The German Strafgesetzbuch (Criminal Code) in § 86a outlaws "use of symbols of unconstitutional organisations". This concerns Nazi symbolism in particular and is part of the denazification efforts following the fall of the Third Reich.The law prohibits the distribution or public use of symbols of unconstitutional groups, in particular, flags, insignia, uniforms, slogans and forms of greeting.[1]
Whoever domestically disseminates or produces, stocks, imports or exports or makes publicly accessible through data storage media for dissemination domestically or abroad, means of propaganda:
Whoever:1. domestically distributes or publicly uses, in a meeting or in writings (§ 11 subsection (3)) disseminated by him, symbols of one of the parties or organizations
2. produces, stocks, imports or exports objects which depict or contain such symbols for distribution or use domestically or abroad, in the manner indicated in number 1,shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine.
(2) Symbols, within the meaning of subsection (1), shall be, in particular, flags, insignia, uniforms, slogans and forms of greeting. *Symbols which are so similar as to be mistaken for those named in sentence 1 shall be deemed to be equivalent thereto.*
***** Yea i'm not saying the swastika is a bad symbol(i know it has a deeper history than Nazis) what i'm concerned about is that the symbol is illegal where this video was taken(Germany)
Seth Delmar Yes, the sole exemptions are religious institutions like Hindu or Buddhist temples.
Even ironic or outright swastika hating images can get you arrested. There's at least two distinct violations here as well, because it is both a publicly displayed image, and is being distributed digitally.
Germany needs to let free speech prevail though. It's gone too far when you censor art that is not hate-speech. (Wolfenstein)
Sword is pronounced without the W.
This is awesome as hell
you score by touches?
Condition. They mean stamina, just to clear things up.
Your fighting real ? So theres a risk of severe injury or death ?
Its like the art of stabbing joints has been completely forgotten.
WHERE THIS IS?
I M CATALAN,HOW I CAN TO MEET THIS PERSON?
any of this in usa illinois?
i wonder how hes allowed to use the scutum with the swastika in germany
Gladiators barely fought to the death. Time and money were put into them with gladiator schools so they were barely killed and thumbs down did not mean death