Gladiators

The Gladiators ( 剣 闘 士, Guradiētā ) were a mysterious group of warriors inSaint Seiya: Episode G - Assassin. They were all mythical ancient warriors from all the world and their particularity was to all be wielders of a Sacred Swords that they could materialize using the Holy Sword Embodiment (聖 剣 具 現 (ホ ー リ ー ・ ソ ー ド ・ エ ン ボ デ ィ メ ン ト) tecnic. They were enemies of the saints of Athena and surfaced in the 21th century in Japan and fought in the War of the Sacred Swords to determine the strongest wielder of a Sacred Sword. Despite this they were nominally under the control of Tomoe, the Athena hailing from the Lost World, and his pope Aiolos. Judging from the events happening to Cancer Lancelot the strongest survining gladiators were destinated to become the new Gold Saints of Tomoe.