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Book Synopsis Awesome, Disgusting, Unusual Facts about Roman Gladiators by : Stephanie Bearce
Download or read book Awesome, Disgusting, Unusual Facts about Roman Gladiators written by Stephanie Bearce and published by Hi Jinx Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gross and weird facts about gladiators will grab struggling and reluctant readers' attention as they learn about weapons, training, and famous fighters in ancient Rome. Includes a table of contents, glossary with pronunciations, further resources, and an index"--
Book Synopsis Gross Facts About the Roman Empire by : Mira Vonne
Download or read book Gross Facts About the Roman Empire written by Mira Vonne and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From garbage-filled streets and spoiled food to bloody gladiator fights and deadly punishments, daily life in Rome was really rotten. Get ready to explore the nasty side of life in ancient Rome.
Book Synopsis The Roman Gladiators and the Colosseum by : Charles River Editors
Download or read book The Roman Gladiators and the Colosseum written by Charles River Editors and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures. *Includes ancient accounts of gladiatorial games and other spectacles. *Explains how the Colosseum was designed and built, as well as how seating was arranged. *Describes the different classes of Roman gladiators and the armor and weaponry they used. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. “He vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword." - The gladiator's oath, according to Petronius in the Satyricon. When the Colosseum was built in the late 1st century A.D., the Romans, a people known for their architectural acumen, managed to amaze themselves. Martial, a Roman poet writing during the inauguration of the Colosseum, clearly believed the Colosseum was so grand a monument that it was even greater than the other Wonders of the Ancient World, which had been written about and visited endlessly by the Romans and Greeks in antiquity. Indeed, although the Wonders were wondrous to behold, the Colosseum was a spectacular achievement in architecture, something new and innovative, and therefore an amazing “Wonder” in its own way. The Colosseum was designed to be both a symbol and show of strength by the famous Flavian emperors, most notably Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian. Vespasian had started the construction of the Colosseum shortly after becoming emperor in 69 A.D., but he died before he could present any spectacles in his giant amphitheatre. That honor went to his son Titus, who celebrated the inaugural opening in 80 A.D. with 100 days of games, despite the fact that the Colosseum was not completely finished. When his brother Domitian came to power in 81 A.D., he finished the amphitheatre, but not without making some changes to the overall design. By the time it was truly finished, the Colosseum stood about 150 feet tall, with the oval in the center stretching nearly two football fields long and over 500 feet across. The Colosseum is a large stadium even by today's standards, and its great size conveys the power of the empire as it dominates the landscape and towers over nearby buildings. Of course, the main events in the Colosseum were gladiator fights. Gladiators are somewhat synonymous with ancient Rome, and even thousands of years after they performed on the sands, when people are asked about Roman culture, many think about and refer to the bloody spectacles of men fighting to the death in the arena. Gladiatorial combat is often regarded as barbaric, and most find it very difficult to comprehend how people could have enjoyed watching something so violent, but nevertheless, the spectacle still intrigues and fascinates people today, whether in movies like Gladiator or television shows about Spartacus. Each match usually pitted one type of gladiator against a different type of gladiator, with each having their own kind of armor, weaponry and fighting style. For example, the retiarius was a gladiator that used a net, dagger and trident as his offensive weapons, while only wearing a protective guard over his left arm for protection. The retiarius would typically fight against the secutor, a gladiator armed with a sword, large shield, helmet and protective covering on his right arm and left leg. Therefore, a retiarius sacrificed armor for quickness in battle, while the secutor did the opposite. Although people often think of gladiators fighting to the death, the outcome of gladiatorial combats was not always fatal for one of the participants. If a gladiator fought well, the sponsor of the show could spare him, particularly if the crowd desired it. The fact that the outcome of matches was never the same and the crowd could help determine the result of the match certainly added to the Roman public's pleasure, making it a lot less surprising that such an abhorrent spectacle still fascinated the modern world.
Book Synopsis The Roman Gladiators by : Louise Park
Download or read book The Roman Gladiators written by Louise Park and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2010 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient and Medieval People profiles some of the fiercest warriors in history. Lean about their lives and times, notorious battles, and daring feats! In The Roman Gladiators, read about gladiators battles in the Colosseum. Learn about how gladiators trained, their armor and weapons, and gladiatorial games. Book jacket.
Download or read book Spartacus written by Rob Shone and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2005-01-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the fighting of Spartacus and his slave army in their rebellion against the Romans.
Book Synopsis The Bloody, Rotten Roman Empire by : James A. Corrick
Download or read book The Bloody, Rotten Roman Empire written by James A. Corrick and published by Raintree Publishers. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes disgusting details about daily life in ancient Rome, including housing, food, and sanitation.
Book Synopsis The Totally Gross History of Ancient Rome by : Jeremy Klar
Download or read book The Totally Gross History of Ancient Rome written by Jeremy Klar and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the ancient Romans continue to be regarded as highly civilized, there are aspects of ancient Roman life, including the foods that they ate (dormice were a delicacy) and their leisure activities (such as the notorious gladiatorial fights to the death), that seem strange and repellent to us today. This high-interest history book makes use of kids’ fascination with the disgusting to appeal to young readers who might not be as interested in a more straightforward history title. In its own unorthodox manner, the volume covers Roman culture, food, hygiene, medicine, religion, and military might, offering readers a comprehensive—if sometimes stomach-turning—view of ancient Roman life.
Book Synopsis Gladiators and Ancient Rome by : Anita Ganeri
Download or read book Gladiators and Ancient Rome written by Anita Ganeri and published by TickTock Books. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bursting with amazing facts that tell you exactly what life was like for the gladiators of ancient Rome"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Gladiators written by Tim Collins and published by Badger Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gladiators fought each other in huge arenas in Ancient Rome. Their battles were fierce, violent and gory. Discover a brutal age when bloodshed and death were used for entertainment. This is the lowest reading level WOW! Facts set, with a reading age of 7-7.5 and an interest age of 10-14. This set uses different text types like tables, bullet points and diagrams in order to communicate in an effective and engaging way. Additionally, readers need not feel the pressure of completing a continued narrative as the books are divided into standalone chapters and the text is broken up with colourful images and fun facts. Readers will enjoy such interesting subjects as the human body, movie monsters and unusual animals of the sea.
Book Synopsis Cruelty and Civilization by : Roland Auguet
Download or read book Cruelty and Civilization written by Roland Auguet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roland Auguet examines the Roman taste for blood and considers what the games, that strange combination of Cruelty and Civilization, reveal about the Roman mentality. He shows how the great spectacles became a part of city life - they were awaited with impatience, everyone discussed them, some applauded the action in the arena, while others booed frantically. This book provides an exciting history of gladiators, chariot racing and other games as well as an investigation of their function and significance within society. It is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the Romans' violent form of entertainment.
Book Synopsis The Fact Or Fiction Behind the Romans by : Peter Hepplewhite
Download or read book The Fact Or Fiction Behind the Romans written by Peter Hepplewhite and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True or false? The Roman Empire was run by 40,000 men Julius Caesar was murdered at a bus stop A Roman soldier's best friend was his mule The Romans used spider webs as plasters This book explores the facts, the half-truths and the downright lies about one of history's most incredible, and infamous, empires. It examines evil emperors, awesome armies and gruesome gladiators, and separates the fact from the fiction behind the remarkable Romans. The Truth or Busted series explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you THINK you know in a tongue-in-cheek, humorous way that kids will find unputdownable!
Book Synopsis The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans by : Carlin A. Barton
Download or read book The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans written by Carlin A. Barton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e., Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster."
Book Synopsis The Roman Gladiators by : Charles River
Download or read book The Roman Gladiators written by Charles River and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures of art depicting important people, places, and events. *Describes the different classes of Roman gladiators and the armor and weaponry they used. *Describes gladiatorial combat and the myths and misconceptions about the fight. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. “He vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword." - The gladiator's oath, according to Petronius in the Satyricon. Gladiators are somewhat synonymous with ancient Rome, and even thousands of years after they performed on the sands, when people are asked about Roman culture, many think about and refer to the bloody spectacles of men fighting to the death in the arena. Gladiatorial combat is often regarded as barbaric, and most find it very difficult to comprehend how people could have enjoyed watching something so violent, but nevertheless, the spectacle still intrigues and fascinates people today, whether in movies like Gladiator or television shows about Spartacus. Gladiatorial combat traces its origins back to the early Republican period from the 5th-3rd century B.C., but it's still unclear where these combats first appeared. Credit has been given to both the Etruscans in northern Italy and the Campanians in southern Italy, though the first recorded gladiatorial combat occurred in the 3rd century B.C. at the funeral of D. Junius Brutus Pera. His sons organized a combat between three different pairs of gladiators who fought at their father's grave, but exactly what these first gladiatorial combats were supposed to represent remains unclear. Some believe that the spilling of human blood was a way of offering a sacrifice to the dead, while others suggest that the contests themselves were a funeral offering in honor of the dead. Gladiatorial combat began in the Republican period and was associated with death and burial, but due to its popularity it became an organized form of entertainment in the Imperial Age, and even as the gladiators were considered low class, they were also admired, leading to some Roman men and women volunteering to become gladiators. Whatever the original role of gladiatorial combats, they thrilled Roman audiences for many centuries. Each match usually pitted one type of gladiator against a different type of gladiator, with each having their own kind of armor, weaponry and fighting style. For example, the retiarius was a gladiator that used a net, dagger and trident as his offensive weapons, while only wearing a protective guard over his left arm for protection. The retiarius would typically fight against the secutor, a gladiator armed with a sword, large shield, helmet and protective covering on his right arm and left leg. Therefore, a retiarius sacrificed armor for quickness in battle, while the secutor did the opposite. Although people often think of gladiators fighting to the death, the outcome of gladiatorial combats was not always fatal for one of the participants. If a gladiator fought well, the sponsor of the show could spare him, particularly if the crowd desired it. The fact that the outcome of matches was never the same and the crowd could help determine the result of the match certainly added to the Roman public's pleasure, making it a lot less surprising that such an abhorrent spectacle still fascinated the modern world. The Roman Gladiators: The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Famous Warriors examines the history of the gladiators and the games they participated in, explaining what life and death was like for the men who fought in Rome's most famous form of entertainment. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about gladiators like you never have before.
Book Synopsis Gladiators: Fighting to the Death by : Alix Wood
Download or read book Gladiators: Fighting to the Death written by Alix Wood and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gladiators were mostly slaves and ex-soldiers, but some actually volunteered to fight for ancient Rome’s entertainment. Gladiators went to special schools to acquire the skills needed to best opponents and survive to fight another day. This absorbing book gives detailed descriptions of weapons, armor, rules of the arena, and different--often gruesome--gladiatorial events. Roman history comes alive in photographs of the Colosseum and ancient artifacts, as well as in famous paintings and instructive illustrations. Thankfully, this brutal practice is a piece of the past, but much can be learned about Roman culture through its study.
Book Synopsis How to Survive in Ancient Rome by : L J Trafford
Download or read book How to Survive in Ancient Rome written by L J Trafford and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What you’d need to know if you time-traveled to Ancient Rome—from local customs to clothing to religion to housing to food. Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street? All these questions, and many more, are answered in this new how-to guide for time travelers. This lively and engaging twist on ancient history reveals how to deal with the many problems and new experiences you would face—and thrive in this strange new environment.
Book Synopsis Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome by : Donald G. Kyle
Download or read book Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome written by Donald G. Kyle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins and historical development of the games * who the victims were and why they were chosen * how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses * the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence * the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians. This lively and original work provides compelling, sometimes controversial, perspectives on the bloody entertainments of ancient Rome, which continue to fascinate us to this day.
Download or read book Gladiators written by Roger Dunkle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Cultural context and origins of gladiatorial combat -- Recruitment and training of gladiators -- Gladiator games in action -- A brief history of gladiator games -- A brief history of the arena hunt -- The Roman amphitheatre and the colosseum -- Gladiators in film -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
