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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">gladiatorial games</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>gladiators</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>ludi publici</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>blood sports</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>gladiator games</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>gladiatorial contests</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>gladiatorial game</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Sporting events in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire where armed combatants called "gladiators" entertained audiences in violent and usually lethal confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals.  ]]></note></mads>