Your new owner has decided you will be sent to a ludus gladiatorius a school where slaves, criminals and other wretches are trained to fight as gladiators. Once inside, the gates will be locked and there will be no escape. You'll be trained to fight by a lanista or butcher, an old gladiator whose fighting days are over.
NEW ARRIVAL
Your owner will hand you over to a trainer a tough man who will teach you how to be a gladiator.
GET FIT
You'll exercise every day with weights to build up your body's strength.
FAKE SWORD
Until you can be trusted with a real weapon you will practice with a wooden sword.
Based on the book You Wouldn't Want To Be A Roman Gladiator!
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