Being a gladiator would have been a hellish life. Imagine being forced to play a "kill or be killed" game, just for other peoples amusement! Imagine having your life decided by a single man and having your life decided by well you have fought. for many people, this is exactly what happened and for nearly all of them, that i how their lives ended. A lot is known about a particular gladiator called Verus. He was a man who had his village attacked by the Romans and to help the women and children get away, he tried to fight. But unfortunately he was captured along with everyone else and was sold to slavery. He was then taken to a quarry and forced to mine stone from sunrise to sunset every day. The slaves were mining stone for the Colosseum that was being constructed, but as well as stone, gladiators were needed and Verus was desperate to get away from the quarry, so he decided to become a gladiator which introduced to while new world
(a video describing Verus's story)
(a video describing Verus's story)