Colosseum

sick. The most popular amusement was watching the gladiatorial combats in the Colosseum. There were many public health and environmental problems. Many of the wealthy had water brought to their homes through lead pipes. Previously the aqueducts had even purified the water but at the end lead pipes were thought to be preferable. The wealthy death rate was very high. The continuous interaction of people at the Colosseum, the blood and death probable spread disease. Those who lived on the streets…

million people, which made them one of the largest empires back in the ancient world. Rome had many cool building that they had back then and some are even still there one that is still there that is popular is the Colosseum many people go there each year to see this popular building. The Colosseum was a great building back in the day many fights and entertainment happen in this building back in the day. Both of these places people work many jobs in the cities but most of the people in China…

Roman Gladiators The gladiator games first started as a sacrifice of blood to the dead. At first gladiators would fight to honor the dead by giving their blood in the Colosseum. This was traditionally only done for funerary offerings such as for aristocratic men who have past away. The games were not present at this time. Junius Brutus started the games to honor his father by matching three pair gladiators warriors to fight. Since then the games were held for entertainment. The gladiators would…

significantly smaller. Neither wall could stop solders on foot but they could stop the use of wagons, men on horses, and helped to stop raids. (Fiero, 88-89) The most remarkable structural building for Rome would have to be the building of the colosseums. The colosseums were remarkable structures that could hold many people to watch fight to the death for…

never experienced the culture of Italy, I expect it to have many differences from the United States. For example, from what I have seen in photographs, architectural styles differ. The people of ancient Rome built enormous structures such as the Colosseum. Other buildings in Italy come from the Renaissance age, such as the leaning tower of Pisa. Besides the different styles in buildings, I have heard that the food in Italy is quite different compared to the food America offers. For instance,…

Capitol Building, and going all the way to houses. Architects and interior designers use features in the Romans' designs that are unique to them, keeping the Roman way alive. Numerous extraordinary structures in the Roman Empire, for example, the Colosseum, have demonstrated how Roman style could be a motivation. Roman structural planning and inside also spread, as it is renown over the world. However, we can benefit for the experience of the Romans and apply what they have done in our designs…

Bread and Circuses, a very effective form of authority throughout Roman history, were key contributing factors to the end of the Roman republic because they pacified the plebs to a point where they stopped thinking for themselves and allowed the government and politicians to become their lifeline for food, entertainment and the political direction of Rome. The Roman Bread and Circuses, wildly extravagant and free events, gathered masses of people to enjoy the violent and bloody spectacle of men…

Rome was a fascinating place with new types of art skills, beliefs and philosophies, languages, architecture, and contributions. The Romans spread an earlier type of floor art called mosaic. A mosaic is a picture made up of many small colored tile pieces or glass pieces. Roman art mainly focused on emotions, feelings, moods, and all sorts of imagination that the artist had visioned. Sculpting techniques from the Roman age were also a popular view to look at in modern times. The Romans…

Roman Lifestyle Festivals Many festivities take place in rome specifically the colosseum. Festivals were held in rome for purposes like showing gratitude towards gods or celebrating great battles which ended in victory. There were three kinds of festivals, annual holidays that held a fixed date like worshipping gods or games, annual holidays that were moveable in other words feasts which magistrates or priests would handle the date, or holidays that were for special celebrations. Holidays on the…

In modern day U.S. we hold a higher standard to human societies of the past. However, it was not too long ago humans watched the weak and the strong fight to the death for sport in the Colosseum. In the Colosseum the spilling of blood was part of the entertainment. Today we would most likely view this as a barbaric activity to watch. Although our television shows do not accentuate a more adept society as most would like to think. Most adult television shows that are popular have some kind of…