The last gladiator fights in Rome January 1, 404 was the last day in the history of gladiatorial fights in the Roman Empire. It is believed that it was on this day that the Christian monk Telemachus descended into the arena of the Colosseum and tried to stop the fight of gladiators, for which the spectators of the bloody spectacle threw stones at the monk. Later Telemachus was ranked among the holy Martyrs of Victory. By that time, gladiatorial fights were already gradually declining. The last mention of gladiatorial schools dates back to 397. And although gladiator fights were officially banned much later, they practically stopped after the conversion of most of the Romans to Christianity. Introduction of the Julian Calendar in Of Russia In 1700 on this day in The Julian Calendar was introduced in Russia. According to the order of Peter I, instead of January 1, 7209, “from the Creation
