SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.31 número57GP Brasil de Fórmula 1: un mega evento deportivo y su relación con la ciudad de São PauloSostenibilidad financiera de la arena Beira-Rio: sede de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2014 en Porto Alegre índice de autoresíndice de materiabúsqueda de artículos
Home Pagelista alfabética de revistas  

Servicios Personalizados

Revista

Articulo

Compartir


Motrivivência

versión On-line ISSN 2175-8042

Resumen

VECCHIO, Fabricio Boscolo Del; DIAS, Bruno da Costa  y  TUCHTENHAGEN, Aline Xavier. The movement in the fight for life: Gladiators’ system of organization and training. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2019, vol.31, n.57, e55655.  Epub 15-Oct-2019. ISSN 2175-8042.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2019e55655.

Introduction and Objective:

Present the origin of gladiators, their training systems and daily life.

Methodological procedures:

A narrative review was carried out, based on the retrieval of historical facts contained in iconographic, electronic and bibliographical sources.

Discussion:

It is believed that the origin of the gladiator’s combat is Etruscan, initially realized as part of funeral rites. After entering the gladiatorial family, the gladiators followed laws from schools of formation (ludus). Gladiators who had fought for a long time, and survived all combats received a wooden sword as a symbol of their retirement, called rudis.

Conclusion:

For a period of almost 600 years, the arena was one of the most popular entertainments in the Roman world. Gladiator fights were an element of paganism that ruled Rome until the conversion of Emperor Constantine to Christianity in the fourth century, and occupy a central place in the modern popular perception of Roman behavior.

Palabras clave : Roman world; Wrestling; Ancient history.

        · resumen en Español | Portugués     · texto en Portugués     · Portugués ( pdf )