"Gladiators" Top 5 Page for this destination Colosseum Gladiators Tip by brendareed

As you walk along outside of the Colosseum, you will see many methods used to take your money – horses wait patiently with their carriages for their next fare, hawkers selling sunglasses, toys, and other trinkets, tour guides, and gladiators. Yes, gladiators! They still exist, only from my impression, they are no longer in the prime of their life and physically as fit to fight. But fight they do – they fight to take your money. Many people think it would be neat to get their photo, but watch out – they will demand money if you have your photo taken with them. I opted to get my photos from the top of the Colosseum and not in front of them. But I saw groups, usually young people, enjoying having their photos taken with the gladiators.

My best advice would be to either not take photos of them, or if you really want to have your photo with them, settle on a price BEFORE any photos are taken. They speak English and are master salesmen. Don’t be persuaded to pay more than you think is enough. As for me, I just walked on by all of it. And, even with my sunglasses on, I was asked to buy sunglasses! After pointing out the glasses prominently displayed on my face, I was told I needed a back up pair. Ha!