"Tecum prius ergo voluta Hæc animo ante tubas. Galeatum sero duelli Pœnitet."

"The gladiator is making his plans after having entered the arena."

"Gladiatorem in arena capere consilium."

"Think then on this before the bugles play; Once on the field, too late to shirk the fray."

"The wounded gladiator forswears fighting, and yet forgetting his old wound he takes up arms again."

"Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem Immemor antiqui vulneris arma capit."

"Butcher’d to make a Roman holiday."

"Ave! Imperator, morituri te salutant."

"Hail! Emperor, those who are about to die salute you!"

""Man soll zu deiner Ehre tausend Stiere opfern." (An Marc Aurel)"