A cikin 216 BC, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, marigayi consul da augur, ya girmama 'ya'yansa maza tare da kwanaki uku na gladiatora munera a cikin Forum Romanum, ta amfani da nau'i-nau'i ashirin da biyu na gladiators. Shekaru goma bayan haka, Scipio Africanus ya ba da wata tunawa da munus a Iberia ga mahaifinsa da kawunsa, wadanda suka mutu a cikin Wars Punic. Mutanen da ba Romawa ba ne, kuma watakila Romawa, sun ba da kansu a matsayin gladiators.
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