The person in charge of receiving the gladiators from the various gladiator schools was a somewhat lame Slav.
He led the crowd to gather in the arena to familiarize themselves with the venue, and then reiterated the rules of the battle once everyone arrived. In the morning, the performances of beast fighters were basically arranged, and the arena gathered a lot from all over the country. Exotic Beasts for Beast Warriors to show off their taming skills or for Beasts to show off their appetites.
In the afternoon, it was the turn of the gladiators to appear on the stage. It was similar to the gladiator performances that Zhang Heng experienced in the Victor Arena. The gladiator performances in the Flavi Amphitheatre were also divided into many items, and no matter what the items were, Only the victorious gladiators advance to the next round of combat.
In the end, 72 warriors will be selected from the arena to participate in the final melee.
Yes, the situation is very similar to the twelve-person melee that Zhang Heng participated in before, but each gladiator fights alone, and the final winner is the champion of this gladiatorial performance.
On the surface, this is also a very fair way of fighting, but in fact it is not the case. As we all know, there are many types of gladiators. Even the most popular twelve-man melee in the Victor Arena does not include all types of gladiators. Put it together, because some gladiator professions are too buggy, such as knight gladiator and chariot gladiator, the former is equipped with horses, the latter is directly driving a chariot, in addition to archer gladiator.
Under normal circumstances, gladiators of these special professions play differently, such as archer versus archer, chariot versus chariot.
However, in order to increase the viewing experience, this time the gladiatorial performance gathered all the gladiators together for the first time. In this way, even the popular gladiators who were favored by everyone before may have the possibility of overturning if they accidentally face a more powerful profession. Conversely, the gladiator who wins the championship will be full of gold.
When Zhang Heng was familiar with the venue, he also ran into a few old acquaintances, the power-mad Theryphilos nicknamed the giant, the Thracian Danaus in the Isaiah Arena, and of course the Sartoni whom he had just had a grudge against. Ross, the latter has been looking at him coldly. Zhang Heng believes that as long as there is a chance in the subsequent gladiatorial performances, Satonillos will definitely kill him without hesitation.
In addition, there are some gladiators with special occupations that are also worth noting.
Zhang Heng and the others just did some warm-up exercises before being taken to the lounge on the side, where they will wait until their turn to play. Fortunately, the arena has prepared breakfast and lunch for them, and if they need There are two small training rooms next door.
Marcruz also arrived at the Flavi Amphitheater afterwards, to boost the morale of the gladiators under his command, "Everyone, it's time to test the promises you once made and protect the honor of the Victor Arena. When you stand When you are on the field, you represent not only yourself, but also the arena behind you, so no matter who your opponent is, don't be timid, don't be afraid, show your strength and courage, nemesis, the goddess of revenge Si will always take care of you!"
After Marcruz finished speaking, he took a special look at Zhang Heng, who also nodded at him.
Marcruz felt relieved when he saw this, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although he was not required to play in the gladiatorial performance, considering that this performance is likely to affect the success of the gladiator schools for at least ten years. Rise and fall means a lot of money, and he didn't even get a good night's sleep last night.
In addition, he has also seen what Gabi meant when he said that Zhang Heng is not easy to control.
The conflict between the latter and Satonillos last night was definitely something he didn't want to see, but fortunately the final result was a tie, and Zhang Heng still had a slight advantage, but Marcruz felt that from the perspective of risks and benefits From a point of view, this battle is completely unnecessary, and there is not much benefit in winning. If you lose, the foreign gladiator whose head was smashed before will be the end of Zhang Heng. Lost his trump card.
In addition, he can also see that Zhang Heng wants to win the favor of Commodus, which is in line with his interests. Marcruz naturally hopes that the young emperor will pay attention to his gladiator school, so come Victor Watching performances in the arena is more effective than any publicity. However, Zhang Heng has never discussed this matter with him before. Meaning, it also made Marcruz a little uncomfortable.
But now he needs Zhang Heng to win this wrestling show for him, so even if he has any ideas, he can only press it first, and as for other things, he can only wait until the wrestling show is over.
Of course, if Zhang Heng really wins the championship, he will be further out of Marcruz's control, but this can be regarded as some kind of happy trouble. Marcruz didn't stay in the gladiator's lounge for too long. After a few words and left, there is his place in the stands, and he will watch the game there next.
As soon as he left, another figure appeared in front of Zhang Heng.
When Satonillos got up and walked towards Zhang Heng, the guards in the waiting room immediately drew their weapons and warned the former loudly that gladiators are strictly forbidden to do anything in the waiting room of any arena, regardless of the relationship between the two sides. All grievances and grievances should be resolved on the court.
However, Satonillos ignored those warnings, walked straight to Zhang Heng, and said.
"I will pray for you, Oriental, that you can win all the way to the final big melee, because by then your head will be mine, as long as I take up the weapon, what happened last night will never happen again. "
"It's true." Zhang Heng nodded upon hearing the words, "If we all took up weapons, what happened last night would indeed not have happened."
Under the pressure brought by Satonillos, the guards in the waiting room had to call his companions not far away. However, when he gathered his hands, Satonillos had returned to his seat and stopped watching. Zhang Heng took a look.
And it didn't take long before everyone heard footsteps and noise from above, and knew that it was the audience starting to enter.
This time the gladiatorial performance was prepared and funded by the royal family of the Senate. It was specially for the entertainment of the people in the city of Rome and to gain the hearts of the people. Therefore, it did not charge any fees. Of course, although there were 90,000 seats, compared to the 1.5 million seats in the city of Rome The population is still quite insufficient.
Needless to say, the nobles have a corresponding area for them to sit, and the common people need a kind of domino if they want to enter the arena. It is somewhat similar to the concert tickets of later generations. The gate number and area ensure that everyone can enter the venue in an orderly manner.