An additional contribution to the decline of gladiators was Christianity. ... Therefore gladiator fights still lingered! When Theodosius the Great adopted Nicene Christianity as the state church of the Roman Empire, he would ban all pagan practices and festivals.
Peasants and nobles in the middle ages were very different from each other. Peasants lived a life of working hard to get things, while nobles were gave what they wanted. Peasants had to farm and work all day to get food for their families.