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Did the Romans bet in gladiator fights?

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It's important to note that women, while allowed to watch the gladiatorial games (after all, many of the product endorsements that the gladiators did catered specifically to housewives… so not a lot has changed in the past 2000 years), but they were not allowed to bet on them, not even during Saturnalia. read more

The last and most famous of those, the rebellion of Spartacus, was led by gladiators. The gladiator army did fairly well against the Roman forces it faced. They defeated several Roman armies in 73 and 72 BC. read more