The Roman Games: A Captivating Guide to the Gladiators, Chariot Races, and Games in Ancient Rome
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- Author：Captivating History
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Kelsey
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Are you not entertained！ No， seriously？ This was a great read that was really well put together。 Everyone knows of gladiators but I enjoyed learning of how and why it came together。 Mostly yes， for the peoples entertainment but it seemed to be what made Rome。 No matter if it was for a battle in the arena， a banquet， heck even for theater。 It was all for the people's entertainment。 It was a way of life due to being able to fix ones problems。 The people saw it as sacrificial and keeping order。 Yes Are you not entertained！ No， seriously？ This was a great read that was really well put together。 Everyone knows of gladiators but I enjoyed learning of how and why it came together。 Mostly yes， for the peoples entertainment but it seemed to be what made Rome。 No matter if it was for a battle in the arena， a banquet， heck even for theater。 It was all for the people's entertainment。 It was a way of life due to being able to fix ones problems。 The people saw it as sacrificial and keeping order。 Yes， some of these people thrown into an arena or stage were prisoners but overall it was pushed and praised for the onlookers。 Just like this book， the author in my opinion would get the thumbs up for this battle of a book。 I really enjoyed the information on Perpetua， Marcus Aurelius， and the Gladiatrices。 It is my firm belief that any reader of this book will enjoy it too！ 。。。more
Jerry Jares
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It is surprising that people would find tearing another person apart， or even an animal apart， as entertainment。 However， it seems that Romans looked forward to entertainment after Roman pagan rituals or funerals were held。 At first， it seems that after the ritual killing of an animal （to pay homage to a god）， animals and gladiators marched around。 Before long， teams of gladiators were supplying the entertainment as part of a political gathering。These entertainments had athletic events in the It is surprising that people would find tearing another person apart， or even an animal apart， as entertainment。 However， it seems that Romans looked forward to entertainment after Roman pagan rituals or funerals were held。 At first， it seems that after the ritual killing of an animal （to pay homage to a god）， animals and gladiators marched around。 Before long， teams of gladiators were supplying the entertainment as part of a political gathering。These entertainments had athletic events in the early days， similar to the Greek Olympics， along with cirque-type acts。 But they changed and became more dangerous because it took more to get a crowd to convene。 Chariot races were very popular。Before Christianity became the faith of the country， Christians were slaughtered for entertainment， along with Jewish slaves， political dissidents， and common thieves and murderers。 I thought the explanation of the reenactment of wars and naval battles must have been wildly expensive to pull off。 Some of the most provocative acts were the reenactments of famous plays with the star being the one eventually killed （the original snuff films - without film）。Women gladiators had a limited run because gladiators were supposed to be from the lower classes and it was considered unseemly to have women demoted to the lower classes。 However， some of the Roman leaders were very fond of these acts。 It seems that thousands of animals were slain during these games; what a horrible and gory sight to see so much death in the Colosseum。It wasn't until the Romans converted to Christianity and intellectuals began to question the carnage， that the games disappeared。 。。。more
Janalyn Prude
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This book was so interesting！This book is yet another example of why I love captivating history books so much。 They bring historical figures to life and explain their origins and how they became a footnote so long after their life。 Even though this book was about the Olympic games the gladiators… My favorite part was finding out about Spartacus and I learn something new Who was from a territory called Thrace。 ItWho is made up of portions of three different countries Bulgaria Turkey and Greece an This book was so interesting！This book is yet another example of why I love captivating history books so much。 They bring historical figures to life and explain their origins and how they became a footnote so long after their life。 Even though this book was about the Olympic games the gladiators… My favorite part was finding out about Spartacus and I learn something new Who was from a territory called Thrace。 ItWho is made up of portions of three different countries Bulgaria Turkey and Greece and although they had been taken over and enslaved by other countries namely Burger they still had the wrong culture ET see。 I only mention this because I want to find about the region。 Another reason why I like captivating history is it sparks me on to other interesting topics。 As for this book though I highly recommend it I found it so very interesting and found that was more to the games than I ever thought。 。。。more
missy anderson
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