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Roman Times-Best
selling
Gladium de
Thompson Crator
Reference: Is it so brutal? Et brute in their? Emperor
Hadrianus Augustus
Ward: Trajan
Slum: 1
Mrs. Crater, Janise
Rome, Dacia, the Roman amphitheater,
Cell:3; March 9, AD 118
TO,
My wife, my children, this is from your husband, father.
I am still under the slavery of Emperor Hadrianus
Augustus in the colosseum. I pray every day to see you;
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I wish to break out of this torture. I have to be slave
and fight until I am rewarded for freedom. From now on I
will be given a journal to write as a gladiator from the
colosseum. Please collect them if you find them. I might
write notes and letters about my everyday life as a
gladiator. If I die please keep them as a memory. Within
the next few months is my fight with the opponent who
killed my uncle. I have to fight as a gladiator three to
four times a year. I have to win. It might be the last
time or the many of the rest times I will be sending you
letters until I am free. Please forgive me for my
absence.Yours Sincerely,
Thompson Crater
I had to write a biography of myself which is needed toenter the gladiator school. If I die the details of my
birth and family will be announced by viewing this
biography.
Biography
Name: Thompson Crater
Age: 28 years old
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Hometown: Aquitania, Gallia.
Background: Brought to Dacia, Rome, 118 AD as a slave and criminal.
Emperor: Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus.
Empire: Roman Empire, death of Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajanus
Augustus august 8th 117 AD.
Rise of Emperor: From AD 117, Hadrianus Augustus.
Marriage certificate: Married on AD 115, March, with Janise Crater.
Occupation before being a gladiator: Slavery at Senates house, before
that Farmer at Gallia.
Rome, Dacia, March 3, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
My New Life
I am Thompson Crater. This is my first day at my new
tragic life. I am in the colosseum, not as a spectator
but as a performer. I am going to perform combats of
death. I am a gladiator. I took the oath that I will not
fear death as it is my compulsory, even if I dont
deserve to die! "Uri, vinciri, verberari, ferroque
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necari. I was sentenced to death, Damnati ad gladium.
Now I am in my cell strangled by the odor of blood and
human corpse.
The walls filled with scars.
My belief faded,
My death certain,
My clothes torn,
My wounds worn,
My new life born,
My family Waited.
Rome, Dacia, March 4, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
The School-Please return this to my family.
Today is my first morning in my life of slavery. Every
gladiator has to train in the gladiators school. Today
I will be taken to the gladiators school which isbeside the amphitheater. I am from Gallia, I still
haven't seen the colosseum.
At morning I and other eight slaves including our
sibling Romulus are going to be physically tested by the
generals. That decides what type of a gladiator we are
going to be. I should be not be depressed because therewere other cruel jobs that I could be chosen to do as a
slave such as doing farming, it may sound like it is
usually plowing some seeds but it is not, I had to work
day and night, in storms and sunlight and had to face
consequences if there would not be crops growing.
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Being a gladiator is also not a pleasing job, dripping
blood; killing and slaughtering about thousands of
animals and people; its brutal. You wont want to comehere until you are heartless. I just have to fight as a
gladiator once three times a year. If I survive as a
beginner I will be promoted to be a higher level of a
gladiator and one day I might earn my freedom. Dont
lose hope; I am going to prove my innocence by being a
winner. My blame of killing my old owner is going to be
taken by killing more. That is how Rome works.
Rome, Dacia, March 2, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
Why? -This piece of journal is directed to my
family
This is a piece of map which I collected while marching
to Dacia from home as a slave. This map was left by the
Roman soldiers and I picked it up. This map was the
first thing that made my heart break. It showed in its
legend that I had to walk 1,000 kilometers from Gallia
to Dacia.
What have I done? Why did I get the blame of killing
Enthoustous Romnus, my former owner? Even though hedeserved to die after what he did to my uncle, I did not
murder him! But who agrees without you my wife and
children! I heard that most of the slaves die in
travelling this long distance. Still the body is taken
into the colosseum for feeding the carnivores. I cant
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show any approval of my innocence, but I can earn my
innocence by fighting as a gladiator and be free from
this confinement! Fighting only thrice in a year,
victory; then freedom.
Rome, Dacia, March 8, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
Today was our first gladiator training. I am called a
Novicius which means a beginner. Every gladiator by
now had known and told what kind of a gladiator they are
going to be. I think that I am somehow left behind. All
of the other gladiators were runaway slaves, criminals
who have been sentenced to death, and private slaves who
have been appointed to fight to earn fame and money. I
still havent seen the colosseum arena, it can be only
seen in special occasions and combats with lots ofaudiences.
One thing I liked about being in the gladiator school
was that they give us healthy food such as smashed raw
meat, mixed with grains and gravy; they don't cook the
food much because they think that the raw meat and
vegetable gives more strength than cooking, cooking
destroys the protein and vitamins, and it is served in a
clay bowl. They also serve with cheese, bread that theymake in the farm. When the Roman generals conquer new
lands, they keep all the resources from there.
The cook in here wanted us to become healthy for
fight and was better than home food. If I were in home I
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had to work hard to get a kilo of rice for the whole
family but in here I get everything for free. It seems
that some gladiators fight for getting better food and
earning money. It is not so bad to be a gladiator. It
only takes luck.
Rome, Dacia, March 11, 118 AD
Emperor Hadrianus Augustus
Physical test and weapons
Today I was given my qualification as a beginner
gladiator. The doctors and the owner of the school
physically tested me. Would they choose to make me a
Secutor, gladiator with an Oblong shield and short
sword? A Dimachaerus, who fought with two swords? A
Laquearius, Used only a rope? What would luck bring me
too?
They put a piece of bait on my back with a cloth; I did
not know what they were up to; suddenly set the lion
free to chase me! I ran for my life. The school owner
threw a Rudus, a small wooden sword. I had no chance of
surviving and fighting with a prone wooden sword. I
jumped every time the lion groaned with hunger. I had no
time to think. After a lot of struggle, they felt mercy
and caged the lion. I survived the first test. They wereimpressed by my stamina and will to fight. They said
that I was stout, which meant I was brave and strong
hearted/willed. They said that I had enough training for
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the first day. They also said that I was compassionate,
Meticulous and capable of being a great gladiator. Still
I had no Idea that what type of a gladiator would theychoose to appoint me for fighting. The next day the
owner appointed me to his chamber and provided me with a
net, dagger and trident. He said that I was light in
weight so I needed less heavy weapons. I was not
satisfied, a web like net and a dagger? How far could
they even take me until I died? I protested. Luck is
Luck.
Rome, Dacia, March 8, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
Practice
Today we will be taken to the colosseum to observe a
live gladiator fight to learn the basic rules. I still
have no idea about being a gladiator and how the
colosseum was like. We were put on chains and heavy
metals around our cloth like we are a bunch of lions
about to start escaping. Then we walked toward the far
visible structure. It was the colosseum. It was the
largest structure I have ever seen. I heard from my
siblings about the colosseum back at Gallia. It was thelargest Roman structure.
First the introducer or the host of the gladiator fights
started announcing the gladiators names. He used
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persuasive words that made a great attraction and
suspense in the arena. From the left side and the right
sides of the colosseum appeared the gladiators from the
underground cells. They were heavily armed and looked
tough. The teacher of the gladiator school told some
important rules of the gladiator fights. They were: Face
the Emperor when you enter the arena, salute him, and
dont show your back to him! Always take the oath first
before entering the arena that you will not fear death,
then say it loud in the arena facing the highness
Emperor and get ready with all the weaponries, if you
want to survive! They could hear instruments wereplayed, with sound of drums, royal trumpets and horns.
These instruments symbolized the starting of a new
combat. There was one very important thing that I
noticed. The crowds with the poor people were thrown
food such as bread and rice. The senates seats were on
the very front with them wearing togas and the poor
audiences and slaves sitting at the very top. It seemed
that many people came to watch the combats for getting
food that they lack from the Roman government. It was
one way of making more money and attracts more people as
most of the Romans were in poverty and needed food. I
heard from a friend of mine who mentioned that after the
conquest of much of Parthia byTrajan, Rome was rich!
The combat started, the two gladiators were provided
with their weapons from the assistant. One of the
gladiators was named Auras, he was a heavy weapons using
gladiator, he was a Hoplomachus, used a huge helmet and
arm coverings. His master assigned him to fight to earn
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money. The other gladiator was a runaway slave, he was a
Bestiary, and he used a long narrow spear which was
specially designed to kill wild beasts. While we were
watching, there was a sudden noise. The ferocious
carnivores, lions, bears and wolves that they caged in
the colosseum from the areas of the kingdom were freed
from their cells and now they were chasing the
gladiators. The theater was giving me goose bumps. It
was a surprise of letting the carnivores out. My heart
was beating hard as the carnivores clashed in the armor
of the gladiators with their aggression. The combat
lasted a few minutes until the both of them died. Thegladiators died, it was one of the ways of serving their
penalty. The crowds of about 50,000 people sitting
started cheering as the corpses were dragged by the
guards. Now it was turn for the carnivore, will it live
or die? The crowd shouted Kill and put their thumbs
down. At the Emperors decision the carnivores were
thrown and killed with spears at that moment. More
people screamed and it seemed the entire crowd started
to stand up and now there were about 70,000 people
staring at the arena.
What brutality was this? What type of ruthless
recreation was it? Tomorrow could be by date for
embracing death. Oh lord of the skies Zeus, oh lord of
mercy please show your miracles; show me the right way,
bless me; help me! Please give me punishment if you
think I did something wrong! I prayed within myself in
the crowd.
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The colosseum was quickly cleared and within 5
minutes all the seats were empty. The colosseum was
quickly cleared because there were 75-80 entrances and
doors. said the owner of the gladiator school. He also
mentioned that there were naval battles, and all the
cells were filled up with water and the sand on the
arena were removed. Suddenly I had an Idea. It was
possible to escape from the walls of the colosseum cells
when there were naval combats. All of the cells were
drought and all the slaves are taken to different place
out of the colosseum. If we team up with the other
slaves we might be able to strike through the guards andescape! I said to myself that it would be very risky and
we would be killed in that instant. We all walked to our
cells. All the cells were locked. Within four months our
training will be finished and all of us have to be ready
to fight. I was bored. So I talked to the person beside
my cell. I asked him how many years he had been in the
colosseum. He said that it had been years since he had
seen his family. His name was Laureus, he survived all
his fights in years. He shared some of his feelings with
me. He said that I knew nothing of how was my life as a
gladiator would be. Then I tried to get to sleep. I
thought about the nightmares that awaited me in the
arena in a few months. Would I survive, would I die?
Rome, Dacia, March 9, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
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The Roman Empire
In AD 116, the Roman Empire is at its greatest length,
its greatest size, 3.5 million square miles, and an
estimated 60 million people. Hadrian cancels public debtwithdraws from Trajan's eastern conquests and partial
withdrawal from Dacia this year. These are the only news
that I heard from the Roman soldiers. Now I am a part of
Rome. Now I am a Roman citizen.
Last year was the death of Emperor Trajan Augustus.
Now Rome was very rich after Conquest of much of Parthia
byTrajan. Hadrian was now building walls and Hadrian
polis. He is in good control of the Rome in just after
one year of Trajans absence.
Rome, Dacia, March 10, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
The emperor
Hadrian was one of the best emperors ever known. Hadrian
was a Roman emperor known for his many building
projects, cities named Hadrian polis, protective walls
and construction projects. He was pleased by Emperor
Trajan. Today we learned in the gladiator school that
the people that are sentences to death, "Damnati-ad
gladium, later they fight as gladiators. The important
thing that I learned moral was that the slave with theharshest crimes had to fight first in order. The people
that were thought to be criminals but are not, they are
the last fighters. If they can show their approval, they
might be freed before their fight.
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The teacher taught us to do defense, the sword
moves, the appropriate stances when saluting the
emperor, taking the oath, the rules of thumbs up thumbs
down. I insisted asking what the thumbs up/down was. The
teacher explained that if the audiences enjoyed the
combat the emperor would show his thumbs to decide if
the gladiator winning or losing would survive or die.
The emperor had to watch for the audiences decision, if
the audiences wanted you to die; they would put their
thumbs down/thumbs down on the palm of the other hand
showing stabbing or the killing action. If you win or
lose, die or live, it doesn't matter, it matters if youmake the emperor and the audiences enjoy the combat. The
emperor seems very crazy with gladiator combats, showing
thumbs down all the time!
Will he put thumbs down if I was on the ground lying to
count my last breaths?
Three months till now, until my fight! I pray and wish
that they find out my innocence for not being
responsible for killing my master. Please make it a
quick receive. Oh lord of underworld mercury! Please
spare me! I have a son waiting to see my face, Oh
goddess of the protection of women; I have a wife to
heal my scars that I earned! Please feel mercy on them!
Oh Goddess of Wisdom and war, I showed honesty, what I
did to get this! If you really exist and have a human
like god heart, please show me miracles! I groaned andcried on my way to the cell with the other slaves in the
colosseum. My fight is going to be at the same day I
wrote this particular journal, three months latter this
day.
Rome, Dacia, June 10, 118 AD
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Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
Today is my showdown! The day Ive been waiting for! I will not fear
death! In the last three months intensive training and torture, nothing
is going to stand against me! This is my first of my other three battles
in the colosseum. If I survive, I will apply for my freedom! If I die, these
journals are going to be sent home to my family with my last words.
Until then, Goodbye!
Rome, Dacia, June 12, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
I Survived!
Oh lord Zeus! Mercy is your name! I cried when the
entire crowd shouted Live, Live, and Live! What
intense! The crowd saved me from making my children
orphans! Slaves! Torture!
At the beginning of the game the assistants provided us
with the weapons. I was a gladiator with a spear and a
net, a Retiarius; I got out of the gate. The
host/announcer ordered me to greet the emperor and takethe solemn Oath. Then the large horns and honks were
played as my opponent appeared. He was a Murmillo; he
used a short sword and wore a decorated helmet with
designs of fish in it. The audience was provided with
bread and food as it always started before a combat. The
fight started, I was so tensed and feared that I dont
remember anything else. I fell conscious when my
opponent had held me under his armed heavy shield toslaughter my head off. Later when the audiences saved my
life he looked with a sigh of relief, I could not see
his face. I dont think he would like to kill me. I was
trembling, counting my last spells until I died. Then
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the crowd began chanting. I am the luckiest to survive
on my first ever gladiator fight. I wondered why the
crowd led me live. Oh Janise, I lived! Myson, Nerasius,
you arent an orphan! I am coming home!
Rome, Dacia, June 13, 118 AD
Emperor: Hadrianus Augustus
The emperor appointed me to his supreme chamber.
Gladiators swords with blood stains were hanging in the
walls of his chamber. What did I do that the emperor had
called me? Was I freed? Did my innocence get proven? Of
course not! Why would the Emperor call me if I was going
to be declared to freedom? It must be something else. I
entered the chamber with four guards surrounding me. I
saluted and praised the emperor. The emperor showed me a
bundle of papers which looked identical. He said, Are
these journals yours? I said yes. The emperor saluted
me! He said that I was freed from the life of a
Gladiator! I asked, Why? He said, Oh young soldier,how was I supposed to know how the life would be as a
gladiator? You showed me through this journal that I
found in the floor walking across the cells that what
cruelty it would be to be a gladiator when you did not
even deserve to be one. The real murderer of your master
was found! You sir are going to be famous writer. Lord
of skies Zeus has a great blessing over you my son! I
was speechless. I later went to my family back in
Gallia. The emperor liked these journals so much that he
published them under his own publisher. No more of
slavery, no more of animal slaughter. Oh lord Zeus,
strange be your mercy, but thanks!
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I am coming home!
I am coming home!
Tell the world,
that I am coming home!
Long live Emperor Hadrianus Augustus I shouted.
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Page title: You wouldnt want to be a Roman Gladiator!
Copyright 2002 - The Salariya Book Company.http://www.salariya.com/web_books/gladiator/index.html
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gladiator.htm
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Page title: - Colosseum opens - Into the Arena
Written By: Andrew Langley and Philip De Souza (No
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Page title- How large was the Roman Empire?
Publication date: First in Great Britain in 2009, by DK
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