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Colosseum

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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The colosseum of Rome was the main entertainment of Rome. You would fight romes best fighters of Greece and if you won you would have earned your freedom. But if you lost you died by the best gladiators of Greece. It was usually a battle between gladiators, wild animals, slaves and prisoners. The only reason why the prisoners were used is because they committed a crime and they would be executed for it. The emperors encouraged people to go and watch the gladiators fight so they weren't bored and stopped bothering the emperor. After they had finished one fight there would be a half-time show to where dancers would dance, people would do a play.


The colosseum of Rome was a good example of engineering. Later on the colosseum was hit by an earthquake in 1349.

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The Hippodrome was where Romans went to see chariot racing. The circus Maximus was the largest Hippodrome in Rome and it could hold up to 250,000. Chariots were pulled by two to four horses, and were driven around the ring seven times at extreme speeds. Sometimes people were pulled under the chariots and were trampled to death or seriously injured

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The Roman differences between all of the other cultural effects is that entertainment used to be the only thing that kept people from being bored. Besides maybe the books that the Christians used,(which they used the bible as their book to read as their entertainment. Also another thing about the Christians is that they probably thought that it was wrong to kill people just for fun. The art is that they wrote on stone instead of yelling boo and kill him. Also the aqueducts would transport water to them so they do not have to worry about living so close to the sea, ocean, or the rivers.

The water battles at the colosseum in Ancient Rome were documented by Ancient Rome writers. The colosseum was used for sea warfare, or simulations. The experts can't find out how the water got into the colosseum. The roman historian, Suetonis, wrote that in 80AD Emperor Domitian employed enough vessels for the inaugural games to form two complete armadas. They had also brought in people in on ships, who engaged in a sea-fight there, impersonating the Corcyeans and Corinthians.

GLADIATORS

  • The gladiators were mainly slaves that fought until one remains
  • From under the debris of the volcano a presumed gladiators cell contained jewels.
  • The colosseum was a good example of engineering.
  • In 1349 the colosseum was hit by a earthquake.
  • The gladiators fought against wild animals and was killed rarely.
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The minecraft colloseum

A minecraft aqueduct.

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