Usually it was up to the audience, although high-ranking officials who attended the games could make the final decision.
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After losing, the crowd would show their opinion of whether or not they wanted him to die by turning their thumbs up or down. Ultimately, it was up to whoever hosted the games to decide if the gladiator lived or died. Usually, he would do whatever would please the crowd.
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they can get stabbed in combat and die from their wounds, or if they did not put up a good fight and lost, their opponent could get permission to kill them. Some of them were able to retire and died of natural causes.
According to Wikipedia: The now famous gladiatorial salute "Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant" or "Hail Caesar, they who are about to die salute you" is another product of movies. This salute was only mentioned by Suetonius (Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Claudius, XXI, 12­14) as happening once, spoken by condemned men (damnati) to Claudius at a naumachia (a staged naval battle) and they used the word "imperator" (Emperor) not Caesar.
They either die, or live to fight another day. They could also gain their freedom or release from their gladiatorial oath.
He (or she) decided if the gladiator would live or die with a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
Yes he did!
the very end
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Slaves had to be chosen as a gladiator well because they had nothing to do they we're beat up and they would be dead already and if they fought as a gladiator then they we're suppose to die.
The Thracian gladiator was Spartacus. He was born around 109 BC and died in 71 BC.
probaly no, but they could live there, or maybe they could even die.
They sat and watched. If one gladiator had another at his mercy, the people would hold out their thumbs to indicate whether they wanted the gladiator to be spared or not. The emperor then gave the final verdict based on popular vote.
You probably mean:"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."It is a quote byMahatma Gandhi.
It's an old Samurai saying: "Go into battle determined to die, and you will surely live. Go into battle hoping to live, and you will surely die."
From an old film named 'Tuesdays whith Morrie'.