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Far from the idea that fueled Hollywood that the life of a gladiator was a constant struggle for survival, gladiators were treated like elite athletes in ancient Rome.
The conditions of life of the gladiators depended on the origin of the gladiator. The condemned were subject to a stricter vigilance, since if they escaped the lanista there were legal consequences. Those that were acquired by the lanista enjoyed a little more freedom. As for the volunteer gladiators (auctorati), they enjoyed almost total freedom. They could often go outside the ludus and visit his wife and children. If the auctorati had no home, he was given his own dependence on the ludus.