gladiatorial

adj

Etymology: From Latin gladiātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, gladiator + -ial.

1. Of or pertaining to a gladiator.

   “Gladiatorial entertainment was common in ancient Rome.”

   “"And all the better for yourself if you never enter the gladiatorial arena of public life: you will sacrifice time, health, and talents; you will be paragraphed—probably pelted; you will die of an inflammation, or a consumption; and leave it a debatable point to historians, what was the extent of the injury you did your country."”