>>542293062
that is true but it's also true they had battles with 10,000 plus pairs of gladiators in the late republic early empire thoughever, many did meet their ends on the amphitheater's sands
each round is a defeat, not a kill. at the end of the round, the editore decides whether to spare the loser's life or kill him with a thumbs up/thumbs down. (no one knows which they actually used so i'm just going with the standard accepted/hollywood version. would change to thumbs up = kill if another romaboo anon has proof)
