http://www.roman-gladiator.com Who Were The Roman Gladiators? Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.roman-gladiator.com/roman-gladiator-tattoo/comment-page-1/#comment-4558 Jake Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:22:48 +0000 http://thequ.com/roman-gladiator.com/roman-gladiator-tattoo/#comment-4558 If you want to be historically accurate, the mark was SPQR. In the film Gladiator, the mark was on his arm. In actual fact, the mark was made on the hands. This is widely believed to be because it made more difficult to hide in the event of a soldier deserting. Gladiators on the other hand so to speak, had tattoos on their hands, arms, legs and also on their faces until this practice was abolished. If you want to be historically accurate, the mark was SPQR.
In the film Gladiator, the mark was on his arm. In actual fact, the mark was made on the hands. This is widely believed to be because it made more difficult to hide in the event of a soldier deserting.
Gladiators on the other hand so to speak, had tattoos on their hands, arms, legs and also on their faces until this practice was abolished.

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