Did gladiators sometimes fight noblemen

No, the nobles did not fight with the gladiators. The nobles paid the gladiators large sums of money to attend their parties. Many of the gladiators became idols for the people and they won a lot of money and bought their freedom. It was very expensive to train them, the best fought a few times a year.

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).