In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:37:57 +1200, Miche
> > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> > > No one is being silly. That's what they ate and most
> > > Gladiators didn't volunteer, it was a draft.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure some people did sell themselves into slavery and become
> > gladiators.
> >
> Perhaps if that was their only way to survive, however
> little short a time it was. There was no other reason other
> than desparation (or insanity) to sell youself into that
> sort of thing.
>
> > They could buy their way out of slavery again later, if
> > they had the funds.
>
> If they were the WINNER. Most of them died.

Actually very few of them died. They were worth too much to their
owners for that.

Miche

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