they built a big arena in the land of romewhere the gladiators lived this was to be there homethere they fought with lions that they had to killto please the roman emeperor and give the crowds a thrill.then they fought each other the strongest would surviveswords an tridents they would use to help them  stay alivethe emperor  gave the signal for battle to commence as the gladiators become more and more intense.the winner would go on to fight another dayand find another gladiator he hoped that he could slay.this is the way it was the way it had to be.till there came a day when the gladiator was free