Gladiators: Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome. Roger Dunkle

Gladiators: Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome


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Gladiators: Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome Roger Dunkle
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In ancient Rome, muscular men called gladiators (actually slaves from all parts of the empire) fought each other in front of thousands with swords and axes to the death. The popularity of these shows can be explained by the Roman love and desire for violence. Wealthy Romans are hungry for sensational entertainment, and none rival the popularity and notoriety of Rome's enormous arenas where 100,000 spectators gather to enjoy the violent chariot races and gladiator battles! Mention the ancient Romans and for many of us images of Russell Crowe strutting around The Colosseum battling other gladiators in blood-soaked scenes will spring to mind. Thusly, this role fell to the gladiators. Nekki's new game carries you back to these glorious times, when Gladiators were superstars the battles together as you navigate senate elections, debates, assassinations, and coups. Certainly warfare familiarized Romans with violence, and violent spectacles escalated with, and symbolized, the territorial expansion of the empire and the blood sports acted as a surrogate for war. The Romans seemed ambivalent to the violent nature of the gladiatorial games and without war heroes, they needed someone to idolize. However historian Professor Mary Beard last night attempted to shift the focus away from the “violence and spectacle” in the first of a three part BBC2 documentary series, Meet The Romans. Public spectacles were of various kinds. A large number of violent men (and women) who could be transformed overnight from liabilities to assets by pitting them against one another in cage-fighting matches modeled on the gladiatorial spectacles of ancient Rome. If they fought savagely and well, the For those of you not familiar with the “Roman Spectacle” that sometimes passes for TV news in this country, Gary Condit was a Democratic congressman from California who was investigated for the death of a politcal aide.





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