The Daily Life of Gladiators: Celebrities Yet Social Outcasts in the Roman World Is the price of true friendship ever too high? Other novels where historically accurate gladiators play important roles are True Freedom, Hope Unchained, Honor Bound, and Hope’s Reward.
Soon I will be posting a long article on the lives of gladiators, but for now, here’s the Historical Note from Faithful featuring a few fascinating facts gleaned from the full article that will appear in 2021.
I always include a 2-3 page historical note about some aspect of Roman society that was especially important for the novel. I learned many things that surprised me while writing my latest novel with a main character who is kidnapped and sold into the arena.
Have you ever wondered what they did the rest of the time? While the life of a gladiator was brutal and often short, most fought in the arena before screaming, bloodthirsty crowds only one to three times a year.
