Quote Originally Posted by General Carnage
None of these are 'fantasy', all were used by the romans, even the pigs. Gladiators were certainly used quite extensively.
Oh yes, they are mentioned a good number of times really. So yes gladiators are perfectly historical.
But they were always (with the famous exception of Spartacus) armed like legionaries. So in reality they should be of normal size and look like normal legionaries. That was for obvious reasons abandoned (do we need another three units of legionaries? or even just one?).

So personally I think the gladiators are good enough. A fairly good compromize between playability and historical accuracy.
I would though have liked a unit called Gladitorial Legionaries, who were strong attackers but basically only had the scutum to protect themselves, just like the real life gladiators. Damn even make them small in size (but in an ordered formation) and give them 2 HP if you want. But don't make them look like the gladiators right now.