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| A sunny day in the arena at Arles |
Arles is a nice little town, very important back during Roman times. There's a ruined little theatre, churches, town houses and an arena like the Colliseum. We went for a look, and luckily enough were there just when the gladiator show was on. Ten or twelve gladiators fought in pairs for our entertainment. The main man is a historian who said that gladiators cost a lot to train and equip. So they were usually not killed, and did not kill.
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| The modern gladiators fought hard for real. |
If they killed someone, then they would be punished by, you guessed it, death. The arena at Nimes says the opposite, that they all went sometime unnaturally. But the well trained story makes sense.
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| Meeting the gladiators afterward. |
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| Explaining how to score a point without injuring anyone. |
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| Trying out the kit. That helmet is heavy! |
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| The main man chose to be a Retiare, the most successful. |
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| They've renovated a fair bit. It's in good condition. |
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