Sacramentum Gladiatorum

• The Sacramentum Gladiatorum was the Oath of the Gladiator who swore an oath of allegiance.
• The Oath was, ‘uri, vinciti, verberari, ferroque necari’, meaning ‘I will abide to be burnt, bound, beaten and killed by the sword’.

Military Oath

• The Sacramentum Militare was also an Oath of Allegiance sworn by Soldiers to the Consul under the Republic and later to the  Roman Emperor.
• By the third century CE, it was sworn annually on January 3rd.