Gladiator Fighting Surrender Option: gladiator fight (Gladiator Fight) Did gladiators really have to fight to the death? The answer is no, there was an option of surrender in gladiator fight.
University of California researcher Alfonso Manas has done extensive research on the history of gladiators. They say that gladiators often died in battles, but this was not always true.
Manas points out that early gladiator battles often ended with the death of one or both of the fighters. However, as gladiator games improved from 27 BC onwards, deaths began to decrease.
These reforms were implemented during the reign of emperors Augustus and Tiberius. The results of battles depicted on the walls of Pompeii in the first century AD show that only one in five battles ended in death.
Evidence found in Manas's research indicates that after the rules were changed, a gladiator could surrender by dropping his shield and bowing his head.
During this time there was a referee, who ensured that the rules were followed. If a gladiator was seriously injured, the referee could stop the fight, and the defeated one would be allowed to leave the arena.
According to Virginia Campbell of The Open University, gladiators were hired from their owners, and evidence from some contracts indicates that seriously injured gladiators were returned. Furthermore, some prisoners who were untrained were sentenced to be eaten by wild animals.
Thus, the battle of the gladiators (Battle of Gladiators) Surrender and adherence to rules also played an important role, changing the perception that they always fought till death.
Let us tell you that the stories of the battles of Roman gladiators have been heard for centuries, in which it is common to believe that these battles did not end until one of the fighters died. This idea has also been promoted by films and TV, such as the 2000 film Gladiator.
