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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?