[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #1526, aired 1991-04-01 [PAR] Term for a type of triangle with three equal sides ... The games featuring these 
fighters began in the 3rd Cent. B.C. as part of funeral ceremonies... [DOC] [TLE] Gladiator - Wikipedia [PAR] A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman 
Republic and ... Tomb frescoes from Paestum (4th century BC) show paired 
fighters, with ... It involved three days of funeral games, 120 gladiators, and public 
... began to include the gladiator contests formerly restricted to private munera. [DOC] [TLE] The Games - The Roman Empire [PAR] Oct 15, 2008 ... If at first the games of the early Roman republic had religious ... was heard saying 
that the the gladiatorial fights were about to begin. .... The first recorded 
gladiatorial combat in Rome was held to honour the deceased Junius Brutus in 
264 BC. ... of other sacred ceremonies, apart from merely funeral rites. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Roman Gladiators | Gladiators of Rome - Ancient Weapons [PAR] The famed gladiators of ancient Rome were the fighters that stepped into the ... 
features of the Roman civilisation, despite the fact that these violent fights ... can 
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instance, Roman historian Livy writes that these games first started in 310 BC by 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Spartacus | HistoryNet [PAR] Jul 31, 2006 ... Rome trembled at the grave rumors in 73 bc that the city was about to be ... each 
other during a three-day span as part of special funeral ceremonies for wealthy 
Romans. ... of Samnite warriors defeated by Rome in the late 3rd century bc. ... 
Armed with these familiarif not military-issueweapons, the little... [DOC] [TLE] death rite | anthropology | Britannica.com [PAR] Death rite, any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death 
and burial. ... or refusal on the part of man to accept death as the definitive end of 
human life. ... death is a sophisticated concept that was unknown until the 6th 
century bc, ... Mortuary rituals and funerary customs reflect these evaluations; 
they... [DOC] [TLE] Blood Sacrifice: The Connection Between Roman Death Rituals and ... [PAR] Part of the Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity ..... my 
assertion that Christian martyrdom, up until the third century, was a direct 
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the ... funeral games to an honorable death, and how the blood was the conduit 
of purification. [DOC] [TLE] sword - Greek & Roman Mythology - Tools [PAR] At the beginning of the 4th century B.C., a sword of nearly double this length was 
... The common soldiers wore it on the right side; the officers, having no shield 
like ... in 264 B.C., and only at the celebrations of private funerals, or in games 
given ... The performance began with a gala procession (pompa) of the gladiators 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Roman Gladiators - Top 100 Wonders [PAR] Gladiators were introduced to Rome in the 3rd Century BC and reached its peak 
between the 1st century BC and ... Gladiator games (called 'munera') started as '
duties' paid to the dead ancestors but gradually lost their connection with the 
funeral of individuals. ... Retiarius  These gladiators were net and trident fighters
. [DOC] [TLE] Phoenician Sports Founded Olympic Games and the Stadium of Amrit [PAR] Was Phoenician sport the foundation of the Olympic Games? ... said Vitruve (1st 
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that Amrit was inhabited by the Phoenicians from the third millennium B.C. ... 
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distance... [DOC] [TLE] Olympic Games - Athens Info Guide [PAR] The ceremonies began with the official oath that was taken by the athletes at the 
altar of ... and were arranged so that a full moon lit the celebrations on the third 
night. ... Until 632 BC the Games would last 1 to 3 days and from the 5th century 
the ... In

Question: The games featuring these fighters began in the 3rd Cent. B.C. as part of funeral ceremonies
Answer: the gladiators