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UFC is for wimps

GLADIATORS & GAMES

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EtruscansFuneral “games” 216 BC – first Roman ones – 3 days of gamesOften during military campaigns or wars to raise

moraleEventually accompanied by a feast“Given” by everyone from local politicians to the

emperor

ORIGINS

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Often slaves & POWsVolunteers allowedTrained in a school (ludus)

Lanistae“Nos morituri te salutamus”Usually kinda chubby…Wooden sword – rudis

GLADIATORS

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Several variationsRomans vs. non-Romans

KINDS OF GLADIATORS

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Flavian Amphitheatre; 80 A.D.Colossus of Nero nearby -> ColosseumSeated 50,000 –1/2 of Neyland StadiumBesides gladiatorial games:

Venationes Naumachiae Public Executions

THE COLOSSEUM

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80 entrances; 3 levels = 240 archesAll 3 kinds of ancient columnsVelarium – awningHypogeum – underground; trapdoors

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES

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Defeated gladiator couldbe killed or spared

Victor asks crowdEmperor/giver of the

games has the final sayPollice verso =

“with thumb turned”Victories and times

spared recorded like amodern athlete’s stats Reported on gravestone

Popular and successfulgladiators would be morelikely to be spared

POLLICE VERSO

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“Bread and games”Appeasement of the masses through food and

entertainmentAbandonment of civic duty by the massesMoral and political decline

“Panem” is from what?What are some other similarities?

PANEM & CIRCENSES

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ARE WE ANY DIFFERENT?


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