Spartacus

Q : What did Spartacus say when the lion ate his wife?

A : Nothing. He was gladiator.

スパルタクス（共和政ローマ期の剣闘士）がglad he ate her（奥さん食べられて喜ぶ）？

The joke is a play on words. It combines the historical figure Spartacus, a gladiator, with the phrase "He was a gladiator," which sounds like "He was glad he ate her." The humor comes from the unexpected twist in the punchline, where "gladiator" is used in a wordplay context rather than a literal one. The joke relies on the double meaning of "gladiator" to create a lighthearted and unexpected ending.