Entiertainment in Anceint Rome

Entertainment in Ancient Rome

Gladiators have been apart of Ancient Rome and its traditions for thousands of years. People all around Rome would come to see spectacles also including animals form exotic lands fight, and naval reenactments. Roman Holidays going back to the 2nd century featured gladiators fight; it was usually put on by the state for the people's (and the emperors) entertainment. The fights had a religious component to them, many of the deaths were scarifies for the gods or also a show of worship. The Roman Gladiators originated not from Rome but from the Etruscans. The Etruscans would usually put on a show when a king of war or a leader died. The Romans picked up this tradition and modified to their own. They made the fights more compatible for huge masses (and their entertainment), and they also made it possible to be able to continue fights through the years. Many of these adjustments were adding some drama into it and training the gladiators to fight and give on a show. But as the Etruscans did the Romans held a funeral service for the dead gladiators. Through the times gladiator shows were constantly trying to be halted by some parts of government. During the rise of the senate they limited it to two shows a year. But the people got around mostly by the help of emperors. During Augustus' reign though he only held 8 gladiator shows; he reigned for 60 plus years so you do the math.
The gladiators would be trained to fight since they were very young. They would start with wooden swords and mannequins and work their way up. At the age of about 15 the gladiators would start to fight real people with wooden swords, and after they master that the practice fight with real swords. After many years of practice they are ready for the games. The life of a gladiator was like the life of a person in the circus, although they don't travel. They wouldn't be paid but they would have room and board, paid by the state. After a great gladiator is done, he may have been killed or released, there would be a ceremony held for them by the people. Gladiators became an icon for Rome because of it's uniqueness and the tradition it gave Rome. With out the Gladiators the life style would have been very different for the Roman people, and Rome could have been very different today.

Sarah Ritter
Mrs. Tyma/Mr. Dave
Daily Life Essay
2.07.10

Gladiators in Ancient Rome

During the Etruscan rule of Rome, one of the most grueling sports ever was created. The sport was a fight to the death between two men, or gladiators as they were called. In the beginning, Gladiators were a type of religious ceremony. Every time a military or state leader died, two men were chosen to fight to the death in the leaders honor. This remained even after the end of the Etruscan rule. During the Roman Empire, the state senate was allowed two shows per year, but the Emperor did not have a limit. This does not mean, however, that they put on thousands of fights. Augustus, for example, only threw together 8 fights in over 60 years of ruling. It was not until Julius Caesar came into power that the Gladiators became a form of entertainment. Then gladiators “performed” on holidays.
After a gladiator was chosen they were sent to Gladiator school. Besides gladiators in training, their were other people staying at the school. Weapon makers and doctors were there to help the trainees. Guards hired to keep the slaves and prisoners from escaping also stayed in the school. There was also the trainer, who had the most important job. Almost all of the gladiators were men, but there are a few cases of women. Also, gladiators were almost always slaves. Slaves were chosen if they committed a crime, such as stealing from a master, or if it was decided they would be a good fighter. In the most rare of occasions a free man would volunteer to become a gladiator. He volunteered for the fame and glory that came with winning a mach. In school, gladiators were trained with wooden weapons first. They would then go on to more serious training until they were ready to fight. As a gladiator, you were either covered in armor so you were protected (defensive) or you were quick on your feet and had no armor (offensive). This depended on your strengths and weaknesses. If you were a gladiator you remained in school until the day of the fight. You even ate dinner with your opponent the night before the fight. When the sun rose on the day of the festival it was time to fight for your life, literally.

Citation: Aldrete, Gregory S. "Roman City: Gladiators" from Daily Life In The Roman City. Daily Life Online.Greenwood Publishing Group. .

Sarah Ritter

Sarah Ritter
Mrs. Tyma/Mr. Dave
Daily Life Essay
2.07.10
Gladiators in Ancient Rome
During the Etruscan rule of Rome, one of the most grueling sports ever was created. The sport was a fight to the death between two men, or gladiators as they were called. In the beginning, Gladiators were a type of religious ceremony. Every time a military or state leader died, two men were chosen to fight to the death in the leaders honor. This remained even after the end of the Etruscan rule. During the Roman Empire, the state senate was allowed two shows per year, but the Emperor did not have a limit. This does not mean, however, that they put on thousands of fights. Augustus, for example, only threw together 8 fights in over 60 years of ruling. It was not until Julius Caesar came into power that the Gladiators became a form of entertainment. Then gladiators “performed” on holidays.
After a gladiator was chosen they were sent to Gladiator school. Besides gladiators in training, their were other people staying at the school. Weapon makers and doctors were there to help the trainees. Guards hired to keep the slaves and prisoners from escaping also stayed in the school. There was also the trainer, who had the most important job. Almost all of the gladiators were men, but there are a few cases of women. Also, gladiators were almost always slaves. Slaves were chosen if they committed a crime, such as stealing from a master, or if it was decided they would be a good fighter. In the most rare of occasions a free man would volunteer to become a gladiator. He volunteered for the fame and glory that came with winning a mach. In school, gladiators were trained with wooden weapons first. They would then go on to more serious training until they were ready to fight. As a gladiator, you were either covered in armor so you were protected (defensive) or you were quick on your feet and had no armor (offensive). This depended on your strengths and weaknesses. If you were a gladiator you remained in school until the day of the fight. You even ate dinner with your opponent the night before the fight. When the sun rose on the day of the festival it was time to fight for your life, literally.

Citation: Aldrete, Gregory S. "Roman City: Gladiators" from Daily Life In The Roman City. Daily Life Online.Greenwood Publishing Group. .

Jordan Reichlin

humanities

Mr.Whitson

7/3/10

Daily Life In The Roman City

Gregory S. Aldrete

Gladiatorial fights were not always in Rome. They most likely started from the people before them in that part of Italy, or the Etruscans. When they first started they were focused on a small scale mostly at funerals. But when Julius Caesar was in command he started to make them as a form of entertainment also. While trying to become more popular and several decades after his fathers death he had a enormous gladiatorial fight featuring over six-hundred gladiators. This actually did get him more popular respect since he provided entertainment and said they were for his father. The Roman senate could also do gladiator fights but they were only allowed to sponsor two a year though the emperor could do as many as he wanted to. Before fights the gladiators would eat dinner together. There were several famous incidents in Roman history when their were mass suicides because they were captured soldiers and did not want to fight their former comrades. The next morning they would all parade around with the sponsor at its head. Before the fight but after the parade they would also bring in criminals that had done some crime thats punishment was death. Right before the fight they would have their throats cut, spectators could choose wether or not they wished to see this or eat lunch. “Once at some games at which he was presiding, the emperor Caligula became bored because there were no criminals to be executed during the intermission. His solution was to order his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena to be eaten by animals.” Quote. At one of the largest games of all time in Rome an emperor had a 10,000 gladiators fight in about one-hundred twenty days.

Too become a gladiator was fairly easy. While woman gladiators were rare you could become one by choice. The other types of gladiators were either slaves/war prisoners or the occasional criminal. Before fighting you trained for many years. He went to a special school were they trained for many years. When he became reasonable at fighting styles the lanista or trainer would evaluate them and assign them a special way to fight. This was assigned by their strengths, weakness’s, their choice of weapons, and their style of fighting. There was not a certain time when they were supposed to fight. When someone wished to put on a show they would pay on of the schools for a certain amount of gladiators, the price depended on wether they were veterans or new.

Gladiator fights were not meant to be unfair usually. But what usually happened was a fight between a lightly armored man vs a heavily armored one. Two men with different equipment fighting each other. There were many different ways a gladiator could fight. He could be a retiarius or a man with no armor and a trident and weighted net. Another could be a Thracian who would wear little armor but had a small shield and sword who would try to tire their enemy out and find weak links in their opponents armor. Finally when they started to fight with no time limit or rules. When a gladiator was wounded the crowd would shout out. The gladiator was then obliged to ask for mercy by dropping his shield and raising a certain finger. The crowd then could scream out or signal using their thumbs wether to spare or kill them. If the crowd decided that he deserved to die the gladiator would stab him in the throat, though when he lived he would drop his weapon. It seems that some games the crowd was inclined to be merciful to the loser and others they would scream for their deaths. The record is supposedly eighty eight fights which is amazing since that meant that either they were a amazing fighter and lucky.

Jordan Reichlin

Mr.Whitson

Humanities

2/25/10

1.Augustus was a very successful man for many reasons. One of those which was probably one of the most important reason was that he was the adopted son of Caeser. Because he was his son he had his troops loyalty and the peoples. He was very careful in his rise to power though. He was very sensitive and careful. When he died he even planned for his next ruler to keep the peace! He also made a senate, gave governors regular salaries, and and kept peace. The nobles thought of this as the price of peace was augustus power. When Lepidus died who was the current leader of religion he took his place, so now he was also in charge of religion. His rule as also peaceful so people were almost always supporting him. “Virgil discovered the ideal figure of the Augustan Age: sober, tenacious, pious, a slave of duty” page 20. So from Virgils view he was a great ruler. The reason he did so much better than other rulers in my opinion is conflict. He seems to try to have minimal conflict with whatever he does. His laws help the people and do not make him supreme dictator, the people still have rights. He does not seem corrupt and the people see that and so do not hate him.

2. In the last paragraph of this it says that he thinks no other mans should ever hold so much power or be king in Rome. So he could also be talking about why Caesar was murdered. So he could be also giving a reason why Caesar was murdered because he had to much power.

3. There are many qualities that Augustus would want to emphasize. Smartness it tells about how one man outsmarts three other men. He does this by running from them and letting them chase them at their own pace. By doing this he does not have to face three on one but one on one. This also shows they ability he fights the strongest one first, while he is strongest. In the story he quickly beats both of the first men. He also fights three men kills them all and comes out suposively unharmed. So this story shows courage, intelligence, and revenge. He shows revenge by telling the final brother that he has gotten revenge for his brothers and this is for Rome to rule.

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sorry, i completely did the wrong story even though it doe not count i still want to post this.

The story was about Romans and another army. They chose triplets from each army to fight to decide it. in this quick fight two of roman triplets died then last one ran for it to make the other triplets spread out. then he quickly killed first and second one because they werent righ tnext to each other. then fought the third and quickly killed ihm unharmed.

I know it doesnt count but here it is

Caeilan Hill is one of the seven Hills of Rome. By myth it got it's name from Ccaelius Vibenna, probably because he was one othe the elite who settled there. During the republic it was where the elite lived. During it's history a wall was built, about 200 meters south of the church. It divided the hill into two. It was called the Servain Wall, the west was where the ciyr lied, and the eastern half was where the country or farms lied. This caused much diversity on the hill. It took many years for the cityfolks and the farmers to reach common ground. Near the height of rome a man called Emporer Claudius had control of Rome.

Ovid's poem goes from grief to more grief. After Memnon's and Achilles' mothers mourned, Tibullus dies (probably because this was a elegy for him). Venus therefor becomes stunned, and since he was stunned all good was banished from Tory. Then at the end of the poem Tibullus is held a funeral and was cremated.

Ovids Poem

In this poem fits into the second category. It goes from grief to more grief. It moves a little bit towards consolation when he says how other people have escaped or almost escaped. So that they're is hope. It compares Tibullus's death so that it even surprised the gods. It shows how that there're mothers mourned them and even the god mourned them.

Esquiline Hill

The Esquiline Hill is the highest of the seven hills of Roman times. In ancient Rome it was one of the better districts in their city, it was a residential area. At around 475Bc a shrine was build on the hill. It was a good neighborhood until a fire destroyed much of it in around 60AD. During Roman times the eastern end of the hill was for garbage and burial sites.

ELEGY POWER!!!!!

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Ovid's Elegy to Tebullus is defiantly grief to consolation. I have come to the conclusion that Ovid and Tebullus were secret lovers. In his poem, Ovid makes many comparisons to two lovers when one of them dies. "What use to have slept alone in an empty bed?" (Ovid line 34) In this stanza Ovid talks about the two lovers Nemesis and Delia after Nemisis steals her away from Tibullus. In the end, Ovid realizes Tibullus would not want him to grieve like this and that brings him comfort.

The Elegy blogpost

My opinion is that this Elegy becomes more depressing over time. This Elegy describes the grief of gods as well as humans. "No less was Venus stunned by her Tibullus's death." (line 15) This shows that even the gods grieved over Tibullus's death. His death also had an effect on all of troy. "May earth not lie heavy on you ashes." (line 68)

2.10.10
Capitoline Hill in early Rome

Capitoline Hill has some of the oldest ruins in Greece today. In fact, there is now a museum dedicated to ancient facts. The buildings that house this museum are palaces dating back to the Renaissance and medieval time periods. You can find Capitoline Hill located in between the Campius Martius and the Forum. The forum is where Rome was before it expanded. It was a very busy area and still is. “The Campius Martius was a piece of Rome (about 2 square kilometers) that was not just publicly owned but in the Middle Ages was also one of the most populated places of Rome.” (Emilie Fabricius Algreen)In ancient Rome, Capitoline hill was tused as the major defensive point of the city. In fact, in 390 Capitoline Hill was the only place in the city not raided by barbarians. The reason the hill is the major defensive part of the city is because it is the highest pint of the city, and because of the dangerously sharp shards of rock that laid beneath it. In he earlier times, the generals would throw their enemies off the top of the hill and into the shards beneath it. Ouch!


http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-capitoline-museums
http://www.willylogan.com

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Robert Backer

Mr. Dave

Humanities 9G

2/6/10

The Quirinal Hill (today)

The Quirinal hill is one of the seven hills in Rome. The hill is normally quiet and has the Trevi fountain near it. The Trevi fountain is an amazing fountain with a sculpture of Neptune riding his chariot in the middle of it. It is also said that “the water at the bottom of the fountain represents the sea.” The head of State is the president in rome now and the Quirinal palace is the home of the president. The Quirinal hill also has the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli on it. The church was designed by Michelangelo and was built in honor of the christian slaves. (sources)

(http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/1247_The_Seven_Hills_of_Rome.html) (http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_italy/rome_quirinal.htm) (http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/trevi.htm) (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-santa-maria-degli-angeli.htm) (http://www.romaviva.com/fontana-di-trevi-quirinale/quirinal_palace.htm)

Edited Version

During the republic it was where the elite lived. If you lived on Caelian Hill you were elite in the government, or in society. During it's history a wall was built, about 2oo meters south of the church. It divided the hill into two. It was called the Servian wall, the west was where the city lied, and the eastern half was where the country.

Robert's blogpost

Robert Backer

Mr. Dave

Humanities 9G

2/6/10

The Quirinal Hill (today)

The Quirinal hill is one of the seven hills in Rome. The hill is normally quiet and has the Trevi fountain near it. The Trevi fountain is an amazing fountain with a sculpture of Neptune riding his chariot in the middle of it. It is also said that “the water at the bottom of the fountain represents the sea.” (For pictures click on the 3rd link down). The Quirinal hill also has the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli on it. “The church was designed by Michelangelo and was dedicated to the christian slaves who died building baths.” (sources)

(http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/1247_The_Seven_Hills_of_Rome.html) ((http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_italy/rome_quirinal.htm) (http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/trevi.htm) (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-santa-maria-degli-angeli.htm)

Sarah Ritter
2.08.10
Capitoline Hill in early Rome

In ancient Rome, Capitoline hill was the major defensive point of the city. In fact, in 390 Capitoline Hill was the only place in the city not raided by barbarians. The reason the hill is the major defensive part of the city is because it is the highest pint of the city, and because of the dangerously sharp shards of rock that laid beneath it. In he earlier times, the generals would throw their enemies off the top of the hill and into the shards beneath it. Ouch!


http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-capitoline-museums
http://www.willylogan.com

Robert's blogpost

Robert Backer

Mr. Dave

Humanities 9G

2/6/10

The Quirinal Hill (today)

The Quirinal hill is one of the seven hills in Rome. The hill is normally quiet and has the Trevi fountain near it. The Quirinal hill has the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli on it and “The hill is named after the god Quirinus.” (sources)

(http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/1247_The_Seven_Hills_of_Rome.html) ((http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_italy/rome_quirinal.htm)

Esquiline

The Esquiline Hill was the highest of the seven hills of roman times. In ancient Rome it was one of the better districts in their city, it was a residential area. At around 475Bc a shrine was build on the hill. It was a good neighborhood until a fire destroyed much of it in around 60AD. During Roman times the eastern end of the hill was for garbage and buriel sites. Emporer Nero also build his golden house on it. \