I'd like to correct a mistake in the Samsung curved television screen ad on TV with the gladiators.

The ad shows a young male with his thumb up, then he points his thumb down, which means the gladiators can go forward into battle or combat.

Well in fact, the thumb-pointing is just the reverse – thumb up means to charge into combat!

And in reality the gladiators had a referee each, who had a long pole to prod his man if he wasn't attacking his opponent sufficiently.

There wasn't the gladiator deaths as we know, because they had moneyed men betting on their performances, and many of the popular gladiators were treated like heroes and rewarded!

Plus, Spartacus wasn't crucified, as the film ‘Spartacus' showed he was, but he was killed in battle against the Romans, so we cannot believe all we see in films!

E Izett, Brookfield.