gcse latin paper 3 (2023)✨

bing ai generated responses to some questions surrouding the coursework for this paper that needed answering

++ the answers are accurate, i checked. the grammar's a little sus in some tenses which distracted me but i think it was off american sites ¯\(ツ)/¯

gladiators: 

- The Murmillo was a type of gladiator during the Roman Imperial age. The Murmillo was armed with a **Gladius sword** with a length of 64–81 cm and weight of 1.2-1.6 kg with a handle made of bone². The Gladius sword was used for jabbing rather than swinging³. The Murmillo also carried a **rectangular shield** made of vertically connected wooden boards with a small bronze boss which protects the shield's handle²

-A Roman venator would have used a variety of weapons to hunt animals in the arena. These weapons included a spear called a hasta, a short sword called a gladius, and a net called a rete. The venator would use the net to entangle the animal and then attack it with the spear…