Essays on Gladiators

During the first 2 centuries C.E., there was a period of peace and prosperity, called Pax Romana , which remained in history as one of the happiest and prosperous periods in the entire human history. However, the achievements of the 3 emperors of the Flavian dynasty, Vespasian, and his sons, Titus and Domitian, laid the foundations for Pax Romana because it represented a period of able administration and important political, social, military and educational changes which brought prosperity in the empire. The succession of the first of these emperors, Nerva, put an end to the Flavian dynasty and in particular, ...

The Roman Empire was among the strongest empires in all mankind. The empire has a rich history and portrays how strategic tactics and power can run an empire efficiently. It was characterized by an autocratic form of government which meant the top most leaders made all the essential decisions (Boner, 10). The Empire had a large territorial area within the Mediterranean which extended into present-day Africa, Europe and Asia. Rome history begins at the time it was referred to as Rome Republic and ran by royal Rome. Their Imperial was in command and was represented by the senate, assembly, ...

Abstract

Pretend play is one of the avenues through which children get to experience the world at an experiential level . It is through this form of play that the children get to develop key cognitive skills necessary for fully functional adults. Pretend play can take different forms, but the games have common features such as allowing room for children to vent their feelings and emotions while giving their description of actual and fictional objects. Various theories explain the importance of pretend play, with the Lev Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development, offering essential insights on the importance of pretend play . ...

Personal Based on my two writing projects I would like to write about my personal reflection on my writing in this paper. Both the writing projects involved a lot of research and observation. As a writer I have been successful in adding relevant and important details in my papers, making them more comprehensible and interesting.

I have seen a remarkable progress in my ability to write now after attending this course. My understanding of writing skills and styles has deepened in this semester. I am able to zoom into the topic and write in detail. Earlier I used to find this part ...

In the movie "Gladiator," Maximus goes through many different roles. Through it all, he remains a leader, although in different incarnations. At the time of this quote, Maximus is ascending the ranks of gladiator fame. Still in the Zanzibar province, he slaughters his way through four other gladiators in casual fashion. To a man of Maximus' martial skill, honed in the Legions, the vaudevillian fight style of the gladiator is no challenge to his compact, efficient technique. At the end of the fight, in a show of disgust, Maximus hurls his gladius at the VIP box of the arena, and then ...

Imperial Rome, assimilated in Western Civilization

Often times we think of Rome as part of the old world. Rome currently pictured by the young students being symbolized by gladiators and conqueror of many countries ranging from Rome to the Mediterranean. Movies like Gladiators, Pompeii and other religious films stirred the minds of its audience showing how powerful, grand and pompous was the Imperial Rome also known as the “Essential City”. Has it occurred to you that the “Imperial Rome” is evident in your society? Did you care to think how modern subdivisions and cities came about its structure and city planning? Can you say ...

Introduction

Munera was an ancient repetitive Rome game which involved gladiators. Rome was a known ancient entertainment city in the world engaging in many forms of entertainment and games, which included Munera. The significance of manure was that of brutal entertainment of the emperors and the crowd's thirst of blood. The games had social significance and were a means of communication and sacrificial rituals. The paper seeks to approach Munera games as a text and bring to light clear implications of the games. Focusing on the way Munera was used as sacrificial rituals, funeral and also as a representation of masculinity in Rome. The ...

Gladiators refer to a group of armed combatants, who were used in entertaining audiences through violent confrontations in the Roman Empire. The gladiators confronted with wild animals, condemned criminals, and other gladiators. Just like the ‘Hunger Games’, it hard to explain the reason as to why a civilized country could enjoy watching human beings fight to the death. According to the Romans, public violence was ritualized and acted as their favorite source of entertainment. The war of Gladiators in the Roman Empire started as a funeral ritual. This practice was performed after the death of a tribal chief. It was the role of ...

In the current world, the Colosseum remains to be such a huge and impressive amphitheatre among the ancient Roman empire. It is a monument that reminds people of the old Roman empire and the cruelty, which occurred during the reign. During the reign of the ancient Roman empire, they killed people perceived to be criminals in the Colosseum. On the other hand, professional fighters also took part in the activities undertaken in the amphitheatre. Additionally, animal fights were also staged in the Colosseum with large crowds of spectators around the place (Hopkins, 2011). The Colosseum was renowned for its cruelty activities ...

Ancient Greece and Rome were very familiar with the concepts of mass entertainment in the form of theaters, games and races, although these were quite different civilizations from the modern world in many ways, such as the absence of television, radio, computers and other forms of electronic mass communications. There was no concept of a 24-hour news cycle or a wide variety of information and entertainment programs offered by cable and satellite television and the Internet. Most people lived at or below the subsistence level, and no middle class or system of mass production, consumption and distribution existed. Almost always the ...

Introduction

The story of Androcles and the lion tells of a slave who was thrown into a lion’s den but the lion ends up saving him. The slave happens to be a Christian send to the coliseum for him to be tortured because of the differences in beliefs based on religion. All the characters viewed in the play portray some religious themes based on the religious differences. In this case, the largest difference is based on the controversy between roman values and Jesus’ teachings of the gospel. As a result of these differences, other people like Androcles are also subjected to tough situations ...

Has anyone ever noticed a lot of people around that don’t really register on the radar? They aren’t invisible, not exactly. But on the other hand they are more like ghosts than the real people in the city. When real people are rushing around to work sometimes there are flickers in and out of the crowds on the sidewalk. Or grayish shadows moving along the edges of the building even on a sunny day. Since there is no such thing as ghosts they must be people. Right? Probably people who are like that can do a lot of things real ...

A Summary

War came naturally to Rome. Slaughter and cruelty were pillars of the Roman culture. The fact that Rome had ruled close to over one sixth of the World’s population at one point in time had a by-product and the innumerable inhuman suffering of slaves and gladiators was only one of these by-products. Even while at war and later, Roman armies are known to have indulged in human slaughter. Warriors would brutally crush the one weak link of their team to death. At other times, they would coolly kill another soldier of their army, ‘for his own good.’ Cruelty was ...

Ancient Rome and bloodsports

Rome in the heyday of its empire was a rather brash and violent place although it was also civilized up to a point. One of the most popular sports to which thousands used to flock week in, week out was the gladiatorial duel although one also has to contextualize this within the ambit of the games which were usually held over long periods.

The ‘games’ were nothing short of terrible bloodsports which included fighting to the death in the arena, summary executions and other rather terrible events. The Romans were accustomed to such violence as it was their own form of ...