7Fighting Against Animals Was Rare

While in popular culture we often see gladiators fighting tigers and lions, this was quite rare. It was only in the late Roman period when people began to grow bored of the Coliseum games and gladiators that it became more commonplace to use animals.

Introduced as a new gimmick to bring in more crowds, gladiators were forced to fight wild cats and there’s even some records that claim the area was deliberately flooded and crocodiles and sharks were let loose.