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LSCHS SCP Gladiators

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roman gladiatorial combat originated as...

a)

form of entertainment

b)

method of executing prisoners

c)

religious event

d)

way of celebrating military victories

2.

The first known gladiatorial games (held by the Campanians NOT the Romans) were held in...

a)

79AD

b)

31BC

c)

310BC

d)

310AD

3.

Which Roman historian wrote about the first gladiatorial games?

a)

Livy

b)

Suetonius

c)

Tacitus

d)

Naughtius Maximus

4.

The first ROMAN gladiatorial games were held in...

a)

310BC

b)

310AD

c)

246BC

d)

246AD

5.

Early gladiatorial games were often held in the...

a)

atrium

b)

forum

c)

colosseum

d)

peristylium

6.

Which gladiator wore OCREA (leg guards), had a full visored helmet with a wide brim, and a curved sword with an angle bend in the blade?

a)

secutor

b)

Thracian (Thraex)

c)

Reriarius

d)

Gallus

7.

Which gladiator's name came from the Latin word for 'pursuer' or 'to follow'?

a)

Gallus

b)

Samnite

c)

Retiarius

d)

secutor

8.

Which gladiator wore very little armor, but had a trident and a net?

a)

Samnite

b)

retiarius

c)

secutor

d)

Thracian

9.

Which character would smash a dying gladiator's head with a large hammer to finish him off more quickly?

a)

Mercury

b)

Lanista

c)

Charon

d)

Suetonius

10.

What was the name for a gladiatorial school?

a)

lanista

b)

ludus

c)

arena

d)

gymnasium

11.

Who was in charge of and directed the training of gladiators?

a)

senators

b)

the emperor

c)

the lanista

d)

Julius Caesar

12.

Which gladiator had a helmet with a fish on it, a sword, and large rectangular shield, and leg & arm guards?

a)

Thracian

b)

Myrmillo

c)

Secutor

d)

Samnite

13.

Which gladiator had armor all over, a vizored helmet, an axe, and a large rectangular shield?

a)

Samnite

b)

Thracian

c)

Gaul

d)

Bestiarius

14.

Who would usually be seen fighting as a bestiarius?

a)

Prisoners of war

b)

Slaves

c)

Condemned criminals

d)

PETA life members

15.

Where was the earliest known stone amphitheater discovered?

a)

Rome

b)

York (in the north of England)

c)

Modern-day Turkey

d)

The bay of Naples