Episode 49: What was it really like to be a Gladiator? With Garrett Ryan

In this episode we are joined by professor Garrett Ryan from the Youtube channel "Told In Stone". And in this epsiode we go back to Ancient Rome and expplore what it was really like to be a gladiator. Was it a fight to the death? Did they have to fight for freedom? And what was it really like to be a spectator to a gladiator battle? Find out these questions and more on "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart".


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https://www.youtube.com/c/toldinstone


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