Roman Gladiatorial Games Many people saw the roman gladiatorial games just as a public display of violence, but in actuality they were more. The original gladiatorial games were not to be used as a form of amusement they were originally used as a part of a funeral ritual. The original intention of the gladiatorial games was to honor the deceased whenever someone of special importance died. The men, and sometimes women, who took place in …showed first 75 words of 1315 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1315 total…well. The gladiatorial games were not just a place to simply watch people kill eachother, they could be used for many things. The gladiatorial games were a very big part of Roman culture for almost seven centuries. After looking back on what the gladiatorial games truly were a person will see that they were not just used a way of watching peole die, it was peole dying with honor and prisioners receiving what they earned.