some of the upper classes began to get fed up with their brutality. In a letter to a friend, the philosopher Seneca criticized popular enthusiasm for gladiators and advised his friends and ...

reveals the status of the Roman gladiators class. The left-handed knife handle is carved with such detail, it reveals a helmet and shield, along with a defined sculpting of the gladiator's body ...

In bad times, or during political unrest, there was always the risk of the Roman ‘mob’ rioting or rebelling against the upper classes ... as chariot races and gladiators in amphitheaters ...