Ancient Rome Gladiator & Legionary Training
Give your team or private group an immersion in ancient Rome. Dressed in their tunics, your participants become legionaries and compete in teams through physical and mental challenges, strategy games and skill tests, guided by history-loving reenactors and instructors in period costume. An original experience to strengthen team cohesion, energize a corporate seminar or mark a corporate event.
Practical Information
- 📅 Availability: every day, on request. Available time slots: 10-12, 12-14, 14-16 or 16-18, subject to availability.
- ⏱️ Duration: approximately 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes, from welcome to final debriefing.
- 👥 Participants : from 1 person. Corporate groups of 10 or more enjoy the Olympics format.
- 📍 Location: Via Appia Antica, Rome, with access and parking for private coaches.
- 🗣️ Languages: guidance in Italian or English. For French or another language, a dedicated translator or escort is charged as an extra.
- 👟 Attire: comfortable sportswear and sneakers or walking shoes are required. The tunic is provided on site.
Private Package: The Legionary Training (1 to 10 People)
- In a historic facility located directly on the Via Appia Antica, a 2-hour class with a dedicated instructor:
- – Guided tour of the educational Roman legionary museum, with its two sections: military (legionaries, praetorians) and civilian.
- – Physical training and learning of attack and defense techniques, with a training tunic and a wooden training sword.
- – Presentation of a Roman citizenship certificate to each participant, and a 50 cl bottle of water.
Private package (1 to 10 people): € 350,00 for the first participant, then € 70,00 per additional participant.
Team Building Package: The Roman Legionaries’ Games (10+ People)
- For corporate groups, the activity becomes a true Roman Olympics: teams in competition, each overseen by a judge in Roman costume.
- – Welcome, briefing and change of attire: a tunic for each participant.
- – Guided tour of the museum.
- – Division into teams and presentation of the rules.
- – About ten physical and mental challenges, then final debriefing and presentation of the Roman citizenship certificate.
- The Team Building Challenges
- Each team takes on the others under the watch of its judge in Roman costume, who referees each challenge and keeps score. The program combines challenges of skill, strength, logic and culture:
- – The Pilum: throw an ancient Roman spear to hit wooden targets. Precision and focus are essential.
- – Knife Throwing: aim true to stick knives into wooden targets.
- – The Bridge: rebuild a Roman wooden bridge relying only on a photograph. A communication and coordination challenge.
- – The Statue: carry a Roman statue across an obstacle course while keeping it perfectly balanced. Team cohesion makes the difference.
- – Roman Numerals: solve riddles and sums using only Roman numerals.
- – The Provinces: match the ancient provinces of the Empire to today’s countries.
- – The Sacks: a sack race.
- – Ball in the Hole: a game of skill where each participant must aim true.
- – The Sudes: a game of strategy and skill inspired by Antiquity.
- – The Emperors: a challenge of culture and strategy centered on the great figures of Rome.
- Indicative list, adapted to your group. All equipment is provided.
Rates:
– Large group (10 people or more), team building and Olympics: from € 45,00 per person.
– Schools and student groups: preferential rates on request, free admission for accompanying teachers.
Options to Personalize Your Event
- On a quote basis, depending on your project:
- 🛡️ Welcome in costume: legionaries, praetorians and matrons greet your guests for a triumphal entrance.
- 👑 Natural laurel wreaths for each participant.
- 🪙 Commemorative brass sestertii, customizable with your logo or an engraving.
- 📜 Roman citizenship certificate personalized with your name or your company’s name.
- 🎭 Rental of tunics, complete historical costumes and Roman sets for a themed evening or a “Toga Party.”
- 📸 Ancient-style photo studio: costumes, furniture and accessories to transform into a patrician or an emperor.
- 💃 Dancers in costume for a show of grace and elegance.
- 🍷 Roman dinner: a banquet blending ancient flavors with modern reinterpretations.
Additional Information
- – Transportation
- The Via Appia Antica is difficult to reach by public transportation: a private transfer (taxi, minivan or coach) is mandatory. We can include it in your quote.
- – Large Groups
- The museum accommodates 45 to 50 people at a time. Beyond that, the group splits into two subgroups that alternate between the tour and the games, with separate instructors.
- – Weather
- The activity takes place outdoors, with no covered space large enough for a large group. In bad weather, it can still go ahead, at your discretion.
- – Attire
- Comfortable sportswear and sneakers or walking shoes are required. The tunic is provided on site.
- – Safety
- This historical reenactment and sports activity requires good physical fitness and a good team spirit. The venue’s rules must be strictly observed. It is governed by Italian and international laws on amateur sport and historical reenactment.
Gladiator Package (50+ People)
This exclusive package is reserved solely for large groups of more than 50 participants. Located in the heart of a private nature reserve, this large camp is ideally suited to large-scale outdoor historical Olympics formats.
- Learning outdoor combat techniques (use of the sword, gladius and shield).
- Javelin throwing and historical archery workshops.
- Team-cohesion course and introduction to ancient “Bushcraft.”
- Roman Legionary Certificate awarded at the end of the challenges.
At the end of the training, a final snack (fruit, cookies, water and wine) is served on site to celebrate the performances. A round-trip private transfer service organized by us is also mandatory for this option.
Duration: About 2 hours 30 minutes (snack included). Allow 1 to 1 hour 30 minutes more if you add the lunch or dinner option.
Examples of “Special Team Building” challenges (Historical Olympics) available with a quote:
- Historical archery.
- Fire-starting contest using flint and cloth or dried mushrooms.
- Throwing gladiator nets and tridents at fixed targets.
- Trials of ancient dances, with dancers and musicians.
- Putting ancient magic tricks to the test with an illusionist.
- Trying on a Roman military uniform.
- Retrieving fruit floating in water with hands tied, using only your teeth.
- Archaeological drawing alongside an archaeologist.
- Agility contest (ancient games): sack race, throwing balls and wooden hoops into a basket with eyes closed, race carrying glasses of water, balance games on wooden pedal boards.
- Final treasure hunt: participants receive clues with Latin symbols encrypted with Caesar’s cipher (letters shifted 3 places forward). Once the message is decrypted, they must locate the target and bring it back.
Additional catering service: Countryside lunch or dinner from € 35,00 per person. (Menu of grilled dishes and typical products from local farms: antipasti, mixed grills, side dishes, cookies, fruit, water, coffee and a glass of wine. Customizable option.)
How to Book?
- For any availability request, email us at info@beyondroma.com or use our online form, specifying:
- – The desired date and time for the experience (indicating whether they are flexible).
- – The estimated number of participants: please specify if this number may change. Do not forget to mention any particularities of your group that are relevant to the experience (dietary restrictions, fitness level, children’s ages, etc.).
- – Language: the preferred language for your experience.
- – The type of group or event: family trip, friends getaway, celebration, corporate seminar.
- – The location: the address of your accommodation or of the event venue.
- – Your reference budget: overall for the entire service or specific to the experience.
- – Your additional service needs: accommodation, transfers, photographer, decoration, etc.
- – Your contact details: name of the main contact or company, phone number (only if you wish to be contacted by phone) and billing address for issuing the offer (which will be sent to you by email).
- Please note that the more details you provide in your first message, the faster and more targeted the handling of your request will be!
Terms of Sale
- – Booking process: Requests are made by email to info@beyondroma.com or through our contact form, accessible via the “Availability Request” button. A reply will be sent to you within 72h, Monday to Friday. You can also select several activities to build your stay by adding them to your favorites before confirming your overall selection. To guarantee the availability of venues and our chefs, we recommend confirming the event at least 15 days in advance.
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