WereKitten on 29 May 2009
| steven787 said: Now that is a trailer... @WereKitten... I really doubt that anyone cares about realism enough at this point. However, those "Hollywood" battles with tigers and such did happen. The animal battles continued for about 100 years after the Roman Emperor Honorius outlawed Gladiatorial combat because so many men died. Most Gladiators didn't live past ten battles. So while it's true, that not all battles ended in death, almost all gladiators died in the coliseums. |
It was an answer to this:
.jayderyu said:
"Looks better, but it still looks like a 1 on 1 fighter, not a Gladitorial Roman empire game."
And about 1 every ten fights ended with a death, yes. That's still very different from the usual hollywood image. As for the battles with animals, the venationes were usually opening acts, followed by the death sentences (again exotic animals could be a part of it) and then by the proper gladiator fights.
But the "throw anything at the group of gladiators" surprise battles, including amazons and tigers? That's hollywood fluff. But again, who cares really :)
