I roto i te 216 BC, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, muri consul me augur, i whakahonoretia e ana tama ki te toru ra o gladiatora munera i roto i te Forum Romanum, te whakamahi i rua tekau ma rua takirua o gladiators. tekau tau i muri mai, i hoatu e Scipio Africanus he munus whakamahara i Iberia mo tona papa, me tona matua keke, mate i roto i te Punic Wars. tiketike tūnga kore-Roma, a pea Roma rawa, i tuku noa rite tona gladiators. te horopaki o te Punic Wars me Roma o tata-whakamate i te Battle o Cannae (216 BC) hono enei kēmu wawe ki te nui, te whakanui i te wikitoria hōia me te expiation whakapono o enei aitua hōia; kitea ki te mahi i te kaupapa whakawehe-moraora i roto i te wā o te whakawehe o te whakarau hōia a muri ake BC.
Ko te 216 BC