jefferygladiator

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Ancient Rome: Yesterday afternoon, in the newly constructed coliseum with many of the officers of Rome at the audience seats, Verus used his great gladiator skill and fought his way to freedom. His opponent is one of his best friends, yet all we know is that his name starts with a “p” and was a top ranked gladiator in those times. After the audiences had a long, sunny morning watching lions circling the gladiators, King Titus was furious he ordered that the beast-master to be put to death; while at the same time, looking forward to the death fight of the two best gladiators in the afternoon. With this reason, Verus had a huge stack of pressure on his shoulders, but still didn’t know who the opponent would be to fight. Both shock and sadness appeared when he saw that his opponent was one of his good friends. When Verus’ best friend fell to the ground, Verus just knocked him out. Verus stood up and claimed victory. Just as that was done, his friend stood back up and punched Verus back in the back of the head. Yet, after another battle with bare hands, Verus was forced to kill his good friend. With that, King Titus rewarded Verus a wooden sword with a piece of olive leaf hanging; this was the beginning to Verus’ freedom.