The book Giochi e spettacoli (Games and Spectacles) reports that gladiators in training “were always watched by guards and subject to rigid discipline, the severest of rules, and particularly harsh punishments...
वे शायद गुलाम, मौत की सज़ा पाए अपराधी, और युद्ध में बंदी बनाए गए लोग होते थे ।