WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The gladiator battles that pitted armed combatants against one another in brutal but often highly choreographed duels to the death were by far the most popular kind of entertainment that unfolded in the Colosseum.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roman gladiator games were an opportunity for emperors and rich aristocrats to display their wealth to the populace, to commemorate military victories, mark visits from important officials, celebrate birthdays or simply to distract the populace from the political and economic problems of the day.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Colosseum was home to various gladiatorial battles, fights between men and wild animals, executions of Christians by lions, and was occasionally flooded for a naval battle.