Colosseum

From the pyramids and scorching deserts of ancient Egypt, to the Parthenon of ancient Greece, and to the Colosseum of ancient Rome, these cultures laid the foundation of what western civilization and thought would become today. To this day, there are multiple religions, multiple political systems, different government systems, and traditional ways of living that all had to originate from somewhere. Since researching and exploring more about these ancient cultures of Greece, Rome, and Egypt, it…

We uncover new similarities between the modern world and the ancient world every day. An interesting part of ancient Roman history was the Roman appreciation for animals. Just as people all over the world today do, many Romans owned pets, especially dogs. Dogs are the second most commonly owned pet in the world today, after cats (which were actually not kept as pets in the Roman empire). Although dogs were owned more for their guarding and hunting skills in the Roman Empire rather than their…

Republic period was from 509 – 27BCE. It lasted from the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus until the bestowing of the title of Augustus on Octavian. During this there was TEMPLE OF PORTUNUS, which is combination of Etruscan plans and Greek elevations. This pseudoperipteral stone temple employs the Ionic order, but it has a staircase and freestanding columns only at the front. In addition to this, it also have TEMPLE OF VESTA, which is located in Tivoli in Italy. The models for the Tivoli…

Bruce W. Longenecker’s book Lost Letters of Perfamum has been a delightful easy read. This book is both educational and easily entertaining. The book is a fictional account of letters discovered in the city of Pergamum that once belonged to Antipas, the martyr mentioned in Revelation 2:13 who died in Pergamum. These letters inspired what Longenecker produced which is to be although fictional but seems more of a narrative to the history that is going on. Longenecker’s Antipas was a Roman…

he still had what it took, and he was eager to shower himself in glory. In a fit of greed Caesar nearly started the largest war in history up to that point. To further the point, the Famous Roman Dictator Julius Caesar was many things, he was greedy, he corrupt, he was cold, and maybe worst of all Caesar was Brutal and indiscriminately so, he killed regardless of race, sex or, religion. If he wanted someone dead, they would die. this is the case with the Rhine River massacre. As is shown, by…

get paid to practice they get paid to do well for the team on game day. “Athletes are only entertainers who get paid millions to play a game one or so days a week.” (James. B, Hays KS) We have gone from paying nothing to people killing in Roman Colosseums for sport to paying millions of dollars to play a sport. They only play their sport once or twice a week, is that worth millions of dollars? ”The United States is trillions of dollars in dept. and we are putting billions of dollars into sports…

As many as one in five people were enslaved in Ancient Rome. Though these slaves were treated with little respect, they seemingly had bonds with the people who owned them. Individuals who were slaves could have been previously taken from the losers of any battle or were sold by their family. Slavery, in Ancient Rome, was different than many other forms of slavery that have taken place since that time. There was almost no requirement for someone to be enslaved by, anyone was at risk. Ancient…

“The statue now from darkness saved returns, To see the stronghold of Rome’s second life.”, quoted from a poem of Jacobus Sadoletus on the statue of Laocoon. The discovery of Laocoon brought upon a revolution in Renaissance Rome. However, the exact origin of it is still unbeknownst to man. Despite the various theories, I have chosen to believe that the Laocoon Group stems from the Greek Hellenistic period. In this report, I will be touching on an introduction of the sculpture relating to its…

An example of this is demonstrated in Henry James’s story, “Daisy Miller” which includes no ghosts or other supernatural happenings, just a trip by Daisy, a young American woman who hopes to win the affection of a man named Winterbourne, to the Colosseum in Rome. Because of his upper class status, Winterbourne rejects the Daisy, who then dies of Malaria contracted while she was in Rome, (Foster, 27). Winterbourne represents a vampire in the sense that he is an “older figure representing corrupt,…

$250 million dollars over the 25 year span for naming rights of the stadium. And as I just previously stated, this stadium is only 7 months old, so the profit/loss has not been calculated. The Stadium is owned by the private company, Cobb-Marrieta Colosseum business hall. The Atlanta Braves are not in very much debt, due to them having to pay a certain amount per year, instead of all at once, at the end of each season they will have made a profit, which will greatly help them easily be able to…