Dominus Gladiatus
Build your Ludus. Train gladiators. Fight for glory. Dominus Gladiatus is a brutal gladiator management simulator where you recruit, train and equip gladiators before sending them into the arenas of ancient Rome.
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Rise as a Dominus
Rome hungers for blood.
As the master of a gladiator school, recruit fighters from the markets, forge them into gladiators, and send them into the brutal arenas of Rome. Victory brings glory, wealth, and fame. Defeat leaves bodies in the sand.
Build your Ludus, outmaneuver rival schools, and guide your Ludus through a deadly season of tournaments until only one Dominus remains.
Will your gladiators become champions… or die forgotten before the crowds of Rome?
Blood in the Arena
Watch savage duels and team battles unfold in brutal auto-battler combat.
Skills, equipment, and preparation decide who survives. Every fight is a test of judgment, and one bad decision can cost a gladiator’s life.
Choose Your Dominus
Six Domini compete for prestige, power, and survival.
Choose which Dominus you will lead. Each has their own identity, strengths, and path to glory. The Domini you do not choose remain in the competition, building their own schools and standing in your way on the road to the final championship.
In Rome, only one name will be remembered.
Build Your Ludus
Your Ludus is the heart of your school.
Train fighters, develop their skills, and prepare them for the trials ahead. Manage morale, injuries, and fatigue as you shape raw recruits into hardened gladiators.
A disciplined Ludus creates champions. A careless one buries them.
The Market
The markets of Rome are filled with desperate men and future champions.
Recruit new fighters, spot hidden potential, and strengthen your roster as the battles grow deadlier. Every fighter brings different strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities.
Arm Your Gladiators
Weapons and armor decide who walks out alive.
Equip your fighters with Roman blades, shields, helmets, and armor suited to their role in the arena. The right loadout can turn a unproven fighter into a champion.
Win the Crowd
The crowd is ruthless, and Rome remembers spectacle.
A glorious victory may earn mercy and fame. A humiliating defeat may end in execution. In the arena, survival is not decided by steel alone.
Become a Legend
Only the greatest schools will produce champions worthy of Rome.
Build your Ludus, prepare your fighters, overcome rival Domini, and survive the bloody road to the final championship.
Glory awaits in the arena.
