i need help with gladiatorial games .... what events occurred? i need the answer by the end of today !?

Question

i just need to know what events occurred

Answer 1

little too late to research your homework now huh?

Answer 2

Start with "Gladiator", Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator

"Contents
1 A Day at the Colosseum: the Pinnacle of Popularity of the Games
2 The Decline of the Games
3 Life as a gladiator
3.1 Who They Were
3.2 Training
3.3 Typical combat
3.4 Slave revolts
4 Roman attitudes towards gladiators
4.1 Female gladiators
4.2 Dwarf gladiators
4.3 Emperors as gladiators
5 Gladiators in modern popular culture
5.1 Novels
5.2 Films and television
5.3 Video games
5.4 Science fiction and fantasy
5.5 Reality entertainment
6 See also
7 References and further reading
8 Notes
9 External links"

Answer 3

Gladiator contests grew out of funerary "games", and were considered a religious ritual.
During the Roman Republic they grew in importance, and in length, as time went on. As politicians running for office realized how important "games" were to the populace, they tried to out-spend each other holding bigger and bigger and more lavish spectacles, and sponsoring new and different types of battles between the gladiators.
Holding these events cost a fortune, and to pay off the debts incurred, it was important for the politicians to get some sort of military/governmental appointment for themselves out in the provinces, so they could "loot" the provincials and pay off their debts in Rome.
The gladiators were superstars of their day, very similar to the WWE wrestlers, and other "extreme" fighters on television now. They were considered scum socially, had usually started out as slaves, but admired for their power and fitness, and had wealthy women "groupies".
Things went horribly wrong when the gladiator Spartacus led a rebellion of the gladiators and other slaves, and they went on a rampage through southern Italy, killing and looting. After the rebellion was put down and everyone crucified, there were stricter laws about Gladiators and the Ludus (gladiator training schools).
Gladiator contests continued, with the added attraction during the Roman Empire of executions, mass and otherwise, of Christians during the games for the entertainment of the audience.

During the Roman Republic, prior to an election,
one memorable "game" happened in Rome during Pompey the Great's election campaign. He was a glamorous general, and very popular, also Julius Caesar's son-in-law and political rival. He threw lavish games, including lots of imported African animals for the audience to see being killed off. One of the "staged" battles in the entertainment was a hunt of Elephants by African Pygmies --- during this "hunt", as the Elephants were being killed, the remaining elephants ran to where Pompey was seated in the ampitheatre, and trumpeted, bellowed, as if appealing to him for mercy. The sight of these huge animals getting killed and running in terror "turned" the bloodthirsty crowd, especially since the elephants seemed to be asking Pompey for mercy. The Roman audience turned on Pompey, blaming him for the event, and it ended up a P.R. and financial nightmare for him. After that, it was downhill for Pompey the Great....