context: Despite this, the Christian church stubbornly continued to push for a final ban on bloody fun. In 357, Emperor Constantine II forbade all Roman soldiers and officers to voluntarily enter gladiatorial schools. Eight years later, in 365, Emperor Valentinian confirmed the edict of Constantine forbidding Roman judges to sentence criminals “to the arena,” and in 399, Emperor Honorius closed the last gladiator schools. The final and absolute ban on gladiatorial battles ensued again five years later.
question: When were the gladiatorial fights canceled?
answers.text: 399