Gladiator

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of their success with those they ruled. To celebrate his victory over the Dacians, Emperor Trajan sponsored one of the largest gladiatorial exhibitions in Roman history. It lasted one hundred and twenty-three days and involved around ten thousand gladiators. Augustus hosted many games in honor of himself, his sons, and many magistrates. While they were nowhere near as extravagant as those hosted after his reign, they still accomplished the same goal. In a time of relative peace, this violent…

The Romans had one of the greatest empires in history. The Romans have many daily activities they do consisting of baths, chariot racing, and gladiator battles. One of the things the Romans are known for was their iconic structure including the Coliseum, Pantheon, Forum, and the Circus Maximus. 147 emperors ruled over Rome but some are the greatest are Augustus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Tiberius. The Romans had a very successful army that dominated over its time of existence. They had many…

written records. These slaves belonged to a society who invented crucifixion, developed a special technique to whip individuals almost to death, and then stopped so they can beat them later. In addition, the Romans invented the gladiator fights, where most of the gladiators were slaves made to train by their Senatorial master. Slaveholders participated in violent acts towards slaves when the master perceived that the slave was “bad.” One of the biggest complaints from Slave masters was laziness…

with vertical trunk and arching canopy could easily be imagined as an umbrella blown inside out. When the trunk is cut, a scarlet colored resin oozes from the tree prized for its celebrated medicinal qualities. Sap from the tree was sought by Roman Gladiators to cure wounds. Once a vast forest, these remaining trees, unique to Socotra are now classified as endangered. Recent years have shown a troubling decline due to over grazing and insufficient cloud cover needed for young saplings.…

We crash down in a place that looks very ancient and dusty, when we come to our senses we see a blurred figure of someone who looks like a gladiator. We hear everyone chanting “TETRAITES, TETRAITES, TETRAITES, TETRAITES”. We both knew we had something to fear, but neither wanted to look like we were scared. So we knew we had to do something to beat this guy or else we will be one life lesser…

The Ancient Romans got new ideas from different groups of people. The Romans borrowed ideas from the Greeks and added their own, unique style to the architecture they borrowed. Actually, other countries were inspired by the Romans’ unique style that they added. The arches, in Rome, were very useful devices; they could bear weight evenly and were very strong. The arch was borrowed by the Etruscans. The arches soon lead to aqueducts and dome ceilings. The aqueducts, or water bridges brought…

efficiently and productively. The Romans were by no means short of slaves and treated them very viciously which caused the slaves to revolt leading to a string of conflicts called the Servile Wars, the most famous one being the charge led by the gladiator slave, Spartacus. Common farmers who had to pay their workers could not afford to produce their goods at low prices and slavery was an ideal way to lower expenditure, which saw a rapid increase in unemployment. During the last few centuries of…

The Coliseum held many gladiator battles and public spectacles for the people’s amusement. The Colosseum is widely known building which can be instantly recognized virtually worldwide. The Colosseum has stood the test of time lasting thousands of years. Although being officially…

At first, it was silent… then all of the sudden the Quarterback grunts and snaps the ball. The young rookie charged through the crowd of gladiators, who were slamming against each other as if it were there last moments alive. The Quarterback looks at his options and sees the rookie. As he cocks his arm, he focuses his throw on the rookie. He launches the ball over the massacre… he caught the ball! With a path clear ahead of him, he sprints down the open land, forty yards, thirty, fifteen, five!…