WorksheetsLSCHS SCP Gladiators
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Roman gladiatorial combat originated as...
form of entertainment
method of executing prisoners
religious event
way of celebrating military victories
The first known gladiatorial games (held by the Campanians NOT the Romans) were held in...
79AD
31BC
310BC
310AD
Which Roman historian wrote about the first gladiatorial games?
Livy
Suetonius
Tacitus
Naughtius Maximus
The first ROMAN gladiatorial games were held in...
310BC
310AD
246BC
246AD
Early gladiatorial games were often held in the...
atrium
forum
colosseum
peristylium
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?
secutor
Thracian (Thraex)
Reriarius
Gallus
Which gladiator's name came from the Latin word for 'pursuer' or 'to follow'?
Gallus
Samnite
Retiarius
secutor
Which gladiator wore very little armor, but had a trident and a net?
Samnite
retiarius
secutor
Thracian
Which character would smash a dying gladiator's head with a large hammer to finish him off more quickly?
Mercury
Lanista
Charon
Suetonius
What was the name for a gladiatorial school?
lanista
ludus
arena
gymnasium
Who was in charge of and directed the training of gladiators?
senators
the emperor
the lanista
Julius Caesar
Which gladiator had a helmet with a fish on it, a sword, and large rectangular shield, and leg & arm guards?
Thracian
Myrmillo
Secutor
Samnite
Which gladiator had armor all over, a vizored helmet, an axe, and a large rectangular shield?
Samnite
Thracian
Gaul
Bestiarius
Who would usually be seen fighting as a bestiarius?
Prisoners of war
Slaves
Condemned criminals
PETA life members
Where was the earliest known stone amphitheater discovered?
Rome
York (in the north of England)
Modern-day Turkey
The bay of Naples
