Roman Gladiators and Greek Games BY BOB CHEN AND VALDI RATU.

Roman Gladiators and Greek GamesBY BOB CHEN AND VALDI RATU

The History Roman GladiatorsIntroduced in the Etruscan to honour the deadBecame more common as time passed byBecame into a regular game in the first century

Greek Games First played to honour Zeus Gods wanted to honour the mortals by

showing their athleticism First played on the ancient plains of

Olympia

How Players were Recruited

Roman Gladiators Most new recruited gladiators

went to gladiator schoolsPeople were enlisted to be a gladiatorPeople who were recruited were

slaves, criminals, prisoners of warForced to be recruited, no choiceNew recruits had no freedomMore than 100 gladiator schools

Greek Games Male were the participants They had to be “free” (not slaves) People from royal families, and from

government can participate Women could not participate in the games Married women were not allowed to watch

How the Games were Played

Roman GladiatorsGames were brutal, as it was common for the gladiators to fight to the deathThumbs up by the audience meant “stab his heart” and thumbs down by the audience meant “disapproval”

Greek Games Played among mostly the rich families

who didn’t have to work Since losing a game meant God didn’t

like you, the games were competitive

Types of Games Pentathlon: Running/Jumping/Discus throw Types of Running Games:Stade Race: test of speed, running around the track one end to the other (200 m race)Diaulos: two laps around the stadium (400 m race)Dolichos: ranging between 7-24 laps around the stadium

Other Types of Games Wrestling Boxing Pankration Equestrian events

Types of Games

Purposes they ServedGreek GamesPlayed in honour of twelve Olympian GodsTo show off humans’ capabilities in sports

Roman Gladiators Used slaves for simple entertainment

when times were more rough Another way of public execution when

animals killed the gladiators

Prizes and PunishmentsGreek GamesLots of glory (the highest honour someone can gain)A herald would announce the victor’s name, father’s name, and the city of origin

Obtains palm branch, and red wool ribbonsCustom victory songFeast with friendsGreatest prize was having a statue at Olympus in holy sanctuarymany people cheated in wrestling you are not allowed to put oilcheaters get disqualified, along with trainer and sponsoring city statecheaters get fined, along with trainer and sponsoring city statecontestants found cheating will be whipped

Roman Gladiators Victors gained money for winning A crown was given for performance Greatest prize was to be free from

fighting neglect of duty and misconducts the gladiators are punished through

a beating with a stick when a gladiator commits a serious

offence, bits of bones and metal was attached to the stick

this was used to tear out flesh most gladiators died from this

BibliographyImages:Discus Thrower: http://pixgood.com/the-discus-thrower.htmlRoman Gladiator School: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/sensational-find-in-austria-radar-helps-locate-a-roman-gladiator-school-a-

784726.htmlDiaulos: http://ancientolympics.arts.kuleuven.be/eng/TC002dEN.htmlPankration: http://www.fightcamptravel.com/en/pankration-the-martial-art-of-hercules-and-the-spartans/Palm Branch: http://www.sanandres.esc.edu.ar/olivosp/extranet2009/5to/Greece/hotspots/5C/facts/reports/Olympic%20Games/olympic.htmGladiator Thumbs Down: https://babickdyer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/gladiatorjupit1.jpgLion Attacking Gladiator: http://board.us.gladiatus.gameforge.com/board7-gladiatus-game-and-support/board11-suggestions/board118-suggestions-

archive/18796-i-want-a-ferocious-lion/Ancient Plains of Olympia: http://www.efadconference.com/en/content.php?MG=5&Mid=49&sub1=1

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