<human>:  Did a gladiator kill his opponent with a shotgun?
<bot>: No, a gladiator would not have killed his opponent with a shotgun. The gladiator games lasted for nearly a thousand years, reaching their peak between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD. The gladiator games finally declined during the early 5th century. The shotgun was not invented until approximately the 18th century. So a gladiator would not have killed his opponent.