[Music]
are you not entertained are you not
entertained
yes Maximus we are entertained but this
video might change that perception
welcome to watchmojo.com one by one I
say to you that this day you shall be
with him in paradise in this installment
we’re dispelling the five most widely
believed myths about one of history’s
most fabled professions many of these
misconceptions come from movies and
while they often present a fairly
accurate depiction of clydie to life
creative liberties are of course taken
in the entertainment industry it must
kill your name before it kills you myth
number five
thumbs down meant death according to the
movies the emperor in attendance would
choose whether the defeated gladiator
would live or die
using the thumbs-up or thumbs-down
gesture in reality historians aren’t
entirely sure what the Missi or
finishing gestures were but they all
seemed certain that these were not them
the confusion stems from the ambiguity
of the latin terms used to describe the
gesture and the lack of contemporaneous
visual representations of the scene when
an emperor was not in attendance the
crowd served its Arriba as the volume of
cheers determined the verdict I was the
best because the crowd loved me
in the crowd and your when your freedom
historians also surmise that gestures
other than the thumbs-down were used
including a closed fist with two
protruding fingers to signal mercy
[Music]
Oh
[Music]
myth number four there were no women
gladiators this is more of an unspoken
assumption than a myth but because
female gladiators are often absent in
media portrayals we don’t usually
associate them with Colosseum combat but
women fought as legitimate gladiators
there were many fights featuring female
combatants and some were given larger
roles in events as they proved
themselves to be gifted fighters a
notable gladiator –ax was mafia who was
reportedly pitted against animals in
incredibly entertaining bouts
there is also an account of a long
spectacular fight between two women
Amazon and achillea which ended in a
draw being more of a novelty women often
fought handicapped male opponents but
these spectacles ended around 200 AD
after Emperor Severus banned them from
the games though some still fought
illegally myth number three Christians
were thrown to the Lions in gladiator
events this idea comes from images of
early Christian martyrs while Christians
were indeed executed as part of Roman
rule there are zero accounts of a
Christian being thrown to the Lions or
being involved in any gladiatorial
sacrifices bullshit all French in fact
most Christian executions happened at
the dawn of the Empire and by the time
gladion became popular Christians with
free citizens also animals were made
mostly to fight each other or be slain
in hunting competitions against inferior
opponents like emperors who decided to
participate
some historians contend that this myth
was used as Pro Christian propaganda as
a way to glorify the persecution that
Christianity faced during its rise to
power myth number two gladiators were
always slaves this can also be seen in
movies and on TV while the solid
majority of people were forced into this
profession through slavery there were
citizens even Emperor’s themselves who
chose the fight of their own free will
[Applause]
[Music]
this is because gladiators were the
world’s first sports heroes to be a
gladiator was to get instant fame and
glory
they were beloved renowned idolized they
were action figures I’m an action figure
there were billboards and the best of
them even got sponsorships they
routinely filled the Coliseum that was
estimated to have held as many as 80,000
spectators along with 400 other arenas
throughout the empire people even
enrolled in gladiator schools which were
abundant in Rome to the tune of 100
institutions your tears your blood your
pathetic lives forged into something of
worth there were few other ways a
plebeian could get noticed let alone
become a celebrity or a sex symbol
Spartacus champion of Capua
step forward myth number one
gladiators always fought to the death
[Music]
the best gladiators were prized
possessions that the managers and
promoters could not afford to lose win
the crowd therefore not every fight was
to the death referees were instated to
stop major fights when a person got
wounded so as to allow the fighter the
full milking of his worth of course this
safeguard was only in place for certain
events and the toll of the occupation
severely weathered the fighters it is
estimated that one in five matches
resulted in death and that most Gladys’s
died by the age of 25 the annual death
count of gladiators during the Roman
reign was 5,000 multiply that by 700
years and you have 3.5 million deaths
from just one sport mix hockey seem tame
doesn’t it
[Applause]
so how many of these myths did you
believe I feel the glory that was Rome
will never fully be reached again Mars
here’s what Google searches think about
gladiators the gladiators have tattoos
we’re gladiators vegan our gladiator
sandals still in for more thumbs up top
tens and thrown two lines top fives be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
you
are you not entertained are you not
entertained
yes Maximus we are entertained but this
video might change that perception
welcome to watchmojo.com one by one I
say to you that this day you shall be
with him in paradise in this installment
we’re dispelling the five most widely
believed myths about one of history’s
most fabled professions many of these
misconceptions come from movies and
while they often present a fairly
accurate depiction of clydie to life
creative liberties are of course taken
in the entertainment industry it must
kill your name before it kills you myth
number five
thumbs down meant death according to the
movies the emperor in attendance would
choose whether the defeated gladiator
would live or die
using the thumbs-up or thumbs-down
gesture in reality historians aren’t
entirely sure what the Missi or
finishing gestures were but they all
seemed certain that these were not them
the confusion stems from the ambiguity
of the latin terms used to describe the
gesture and the lack of contemporaneous
visual representations of the scene when
an emperor was not in attendance the
crowd served its Arriba as the volume of
cheers determined the verdict I was the
best because the crowd loved me
in the crowd and your when your freedom
historians also surmise that gestures
other than the thumbs-down were used
including a closed fist with two
protruding fingers to signal mercy
[Music]
Oh
[Music]
myth number four there were no women
gladiators this is more of an unspoken
assumption than a myth but because
female gladiators are often absent in
media portrayals we don’t usually
associate them with Colosseum combat but
women fought as legitimate gladiators
there were many fights featuring female
combatants and some were given larger
roles in events as they proved
themselves to be gifted fighters a
notable gladiator –ax was mafia who was
reportedly pitted against animals in
incredibly entertaining bouts
there is also an account of a long
spectacular fight between two women
Amazon and achillea which ended in a
draw being more of a novelty women often
fought handicapped male opponents but
these spectacles ended around 200 AD
after Emperor Severus banned them from
the games though some still fought
illegally myth number three Christians
were thrown to the Lions in gladiator
events this idea comes from images of
early Christian martyrs while Christians
were indeed executed as part of Roman
rule there are zero accounts of a
Christian being thrown to the Lions or
being involved in any gladiatorial
sacrifices bullshit all French in fact
most Christian executions happened at
the dawn of the Empire and by the time
gladion became popular Christians with
free citizens also animals were made
mostly to fight each other or be slain
in hunting competitions against inferior
opponents like emperors who decided to
participate
some historians contend that this myth
was used as Pro Christian propaganda as
a way to glorify the persecution that
Christianity faced during its rise to
power myth number two gladiators were
always slaves this can also be seen in
movies and on TV while the solid
majority of people were forced into this
profession through slavery there were
citizens even Emperor’s themselves who
chose the fight of their own free will
[Applause]
[Music]
this is because gladiators were the
world’s first sports heroes to be a
gladiator was to get instant fame and
glory
they were beloved renowned idolized they
were action figures I’m an action figure
there were billboards and the best of
them even got sponsorships they
routinely filled the Coliseum that was
estimated to have held as many as 80,000
spectators along with 400 other arenas
throughout the empire people even
enrolled in gladiator schools which were
abundant in Rome to the tune of 100
institutions your tears your blood your
pathetic lives forged into something of
worth there were few other ways a
plebeian could get noticed let alone
become a celebrity or a sex symbol
Spartacus champion of Capua
step forward myth number one
gladiators always fought to the death
[Music]
the best gladiators were prized
possessions that the managers and
promoters could not afford to lose win
the crowd therefore not every fight was
to the death referees were instated to
stop major fights when a person got
wounded so as to allow the fighter the
full milking of his worth of course this
safeguard was only in place for certain
events and the toll of the occupation
severely weathered the fighters it is
estimated that one in five matches
resulted in death and that most Gladys’s
died by the age of 25 the annual death
count of gladiators during the Roman
reign was 5,000 multiply that by 700
years and you have 3.5 million deaths
from just one sport mix hockey seem tame
doesn’t it
[Applause]
so how many of these myths did you
believe I feel the glory that was Rome
will never fully be reached again Mars
here’s what Google searches think about
gladiators the gladiators have tattoos
we’re gladiators vegan our gladiator
sandals still in for more thumbs up top
tens and thrown two lines top fives be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
you
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