Fun Fact 1: Gladiators where vegetarians......well kind of.
So we typically don't think of
vegetarians as extreme sportsman or skilled killers but Gladiators, who were
both extreme sportsman and skilled killers, were actually vegetarians. A common nickname for Gladiators was horderia meaning "barley men.” This
is due to the fact that a gladiator’s daily diet consisted of very little meat
and mostly consisted of plants. They ate lots of barley & legumes and were
heavy on carbohydrate consumption. Every meal for a gladiator was likely to be
a simple barley or bean gruel with the possibility of meat added only during
the feasts they had before a match. This plant based diet had nothing to do
with poverty and everything to do with being a badass. And this bring us to our next fun
fact...
Fun Fact 2: Gladiators were badass fat asses!
I know this may ruin many a man and
woman's wet dream, but the truth is that Hollywood lied to us about what
Gladiator's bodacious bodies actually looked like. It turns out that bigger bellies are better for not being
killed in a bloody battle to the death. It was common practice for gladiators to build up layers of
fat to protect their vital organs from all the slash and stabbing in the arena.
If you have very little body fat, there is a higher likelihood that a slash
across your stomach will damage some vital organs. However, with a layer or two of fat an opponent can slash
your belly and probably won't hit anything too important. All that fat and
fighting no doubt made them sweat a lot, which brings us to our next fun
fact.....
Fun Fact 3: Gladiator sweat for sale.
You know how you get really turned
on by sweaty, dirty, possibly bloody men? No? Just me? Ok, so you know how I
get crazy turned on by sweaty, dirty, possibly bloody men; well it is really
hard for me to find a perfume that embodies all that sexiness. It seems I was
born in the wrong era because in ancient Rome it was a common custom to scrape
sweat off of Gladiators and sell it to people. Apparently it was a hot
commodity. It was believed to be a strong aphrodisiac and also it could improve
their complexion if they lathered it on. Gladiators were the epitome of sexy,
which brings us to our next fun fact...
Not so Fun "Fact": Gladiators probably didn't have great sex lives.
Now while it may be many a man's
fantasy to be a Gladiator with women throwing themselves at them, it isn't as
great as it sounds. Think about it…. Now really think about…..
1) Violent testosterone filled men
being held captive together. What does that sound like to you? If you answered
Prison then you are correct. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that
there was likely some rape going on in the Ludus.
2) The ladies (possibly also men)
pick you, you don't pick them. Yes women (and maybe men) paid to bang
Gladiators but it's not like they were always the people the Gladiator's would
have picked for themselves. Slaves
coerced into having sex with the threat of punishment hanging over them qualify as rape victims. And
sure there are probably a bunch of guys saying that they wouldn't mind being
prostitutes but they probably think that that they would only being screwing
good-looking ladies.
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Contributing writer: Rainbow S. Coan
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