How did the custom of Roman gladiators begin?

It is said that ancient Roman gladiators began their custom of fighting to their end- as a source of entertainment during.. funerals for important Roman people.
The event started out from slaves fighting each other for entertainment- to trained fighters in arenas fighting for entertainment and fame.

Gladiators were also treated as celebrities or boxers, if you were to look at it from a modern perspective.

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Colin McRae- "If in doubt, flat out"

Colin McRae was a Scottish rally driver who drove for Subaru and drove with Carlos Sainz Sr. (Carlos "Smooth Operator" "El Matador" Sainz Jr.'s dad) who was also his teammate and rival along with his other rival Tommi Mäkinen, who drove for Toyota. McRae was the first Brit to win a rally after he won his home rally in Britain, after a long time. Although he had a British citizenship, he was actually Scottish. And during the 1995 season, he became the world's youngest rally champion. The impressive thing about him was that he kept driving in a rally even after many crashes and wrecks, earning him a spot in the world rally championship.

How cats were used to win a battle

Due to their culture being around cats, the Egyptians lost a battle to the Persians who released a group of cats first before their soldiers, which confused the Egyptian soldiers. This was the Battle of Pelusium set in the period of around 525 BC or so.

Ayrton Senna: “If you no longer go for a gap, then you no longer a racing driver”

One of the greatest Formula 1 drivers ever- and one of my favourites. -Ayrton Senna Da Silva was a Brazillian racing driver for drove in Formula 1 for many teams like Lotus, McLaren-Honda and Williams Racing- and became a 3- time Formula 1 world champion and an inspiration to many people around the world for not just his racing skills but for his good deeds and help to those who needed it using his charitable organisations. -Especially when he drove for McLaren-Honda, he was famously rivals to his teammate Alain Prost (who became one of his best friends later, I think) and other racing drivers like Nigel Mansell (U.K) and Nelson Piquet (Brazil). -Prost and Senna were rivals even after Prost left McLaren-Honda to join Ferrari- and their rivalry caused many racing incidents during their fights for wins, points and championships. -Senna was known to use mental and psychological games as one of his tools in his racing strategy and was quick to overtake. Hence the quote above. -There was a ...

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