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Auctorati is a term referring to individuals of Ancient Rome, who were classified as free-men, and who hired themselves out as gladiators.[1]

According to one source, the earliest evidence of the use of auctorati dates from 122 A.D. (law of Gaius Gracchus) [2]

References

  1. ^ L. Stephanie Cobb. Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts. Columbia University Press ISBN 023151820X. Retrieved 2015-05-14. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |publisher= at position 27 (help)
  2. ^ D.G. Kyle. Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome. Routledge, 12 Nov 2012 ISBN 1134862717. Retrieved 2015-05-14. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |publisher= at position 24 (help)