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...
הספר משחקים ומחזות ‏ (Giochi e spettacoli) מוסר שבזמן האימונים, ” תמיד היו הגלדיאטורים תחת שמירה.