When the gladiators fight in the arena, all roads lead to Rome. This is the basis of the new Playtech online slot titled Gladiator Road to Rome. It draws from Gladiator and Gladiator Jackpot, the earlier two games in the series, but has some new features as well.

The reels are set in the background of a Colosseum like amphitheatre packed with spectators. The main symbol is the gladiator. It appears as a full length awesome figure expanded three high. The gladiator awards the highest line payout of 1000 coins for a five-of-a-kind win. If you land a full gladiator on a reel it becomes a wild symbol and takes an attacking stance. The other high paying symbols include characters from the blockbuster movie like Commodus, Lucilla and Gracchus. These symbols were there in the earlier Gladiator slot games as well. In the win animations you will see some of the more popular scenes from the movies. There is a masked gladiator followed by the playing card icons.

The Gladiator Bonus is triggered by three helmet symbols landing anywhere on reels 2, 3 and 4. You are taken to the arena where a 3x3 grid is displayed. The gold helmets appear first and award the largest payouts. These are followed by the silver and bronze helmets with respectively lower payouts. As your total bonus is computed, an arena scene from the movie is played out. If you get all nine helmets of gold then you win the progressive jackpot.

The Colosseum free spins are triggered by three sword and axe scatter symbols landing anywhere on the reels. You start with five free spins. But you get to pick shields to win three modifiers. Two of the modifiers award additional free spins and a payout multiplier. Payout Boost increases the payouts awarded by a randomly chosen symbol. Extra Wild Symbol randomly selects another symbol to act as an additional wild. In the Symbol Pays As Scatter, a randomly selected symbol will award payouts even when the required number land anywhere on the reels. The Gladiator Wild Nudge creates a wild reel.

Road to Rome is a 5 reels and 3 rows video slot with 25 fixed paylines. The line bet per spin can be selected from $0.01 to $5.00. The maximum total bet per spin works out to $125, which will attract high roller players. Gladiator Road to Rome can be played at Playtech online casinos like Mansion Casino.