WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Some gladiatorial contests included animals such as bears, rhinos, tigers, elephants, and giraffes. Most often, hungry animals fought other hungry animals. But sometimes hungry animals fought against gladiators in contests called venationes ("wild beast hunts").

Detailed explanation-2: -Roman Gladiator Carpophorus was a Bestiarius, a gladiator who specialized in fighting animals. Supposedly, in one day, he killed a bear, a lion, and a leopard – during one fight. Then, later that day, he killed a rhinoceros with a spear. In total, just in that day, he was said to have killed 20 animals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gladiators were men who would fight each other in the arena. Usually gladiators were slaves or prisoners, but sometimes volunteers would become gladiators. A very few of the best gladiators who survived would become rich and famous. The gladiators were trained to fight.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gladiators were men, and occasionally women, who encountered fear and brutality on a daily basis. They fought for their lives as public entertainment across the Roman Empire and often only left the arena as a result of victory or death.