gladiators & games
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Gladiators & Games. UFC is for wimps. Origins. Etruscans Funeral “games” 216 BC – first Roman ones – 3 days of games Often during military campaigns or wars to raise morale Eventually accompanied by a feast “Given” by everyone from local politicians to the emperor. Gladiators. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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GLADIATORS & GAMES
EtruscansFuneral “games” 216 BC – first Roman ones – 3 days of gamesOften during military campaigns or wars to raise
moraleEventually accompanied by a feast“Given” by everyone from local politicians to the
emperor
ORIGINS
Often slaves & POWsVolunteers allowedTrained in a school (ludus)
Lanistae“Nos morituri te salutamus”Usually kinda chubby…Wooden sword – rudis
GLADIATORS
Several variationsRomans vs. non-Romans
KINDS OF GLADIATORS
Flavian Amphitheatre; 80 A.D.Colossus of Nero nearby -> ColosseumSeated 50,000 –1/2 of Neyland StadiumBesides gladiatorial games:
Venationes Naumachiae Public Executions
THE COLOSSEUM
80 entrances; 3 levels = 240 archesAll 3 kinds of ancient columnsVelarium – awningHypogeum – underground; trapdoors
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
Defeated gladiator couldbe killed or spared
Victor asks crowdEmperor/giver of the
games has the final sayPollice verso =
“with thumb turned”Victories and times
spared recorded like amodern athlete’s stats Reported on gravestone
Popular and successfulgladiators would be morelikely to be spared
POLLICE VERSO
“Bread and games”Appeasement of the masses through food and
entertainmentAbandonment of civic duty by the massesMoral and political decline
“Panem” is from what?What are some other similarities?
PANEM & CIRCENSES
ARE WE ANY DIFFERENT?