Ancient Roman Gladiators

The Roman Empire was the most advanced civilization in architecture and the fine arts. For instance, the Colosseum was the largest arena for gladiatorial games, and was one of the largest arenas with a stage in the center. Each and every person had a perfect view of the battles between gladiators and animals. The gladiatorial games were the highlight of the average roman's day. Theese bloody battles were sometimes tests of the convenience of new and unusual weapons. If the gladiator performed well and the emperor approved, the gladiator would live. If not, he would be sentenced to death.
This all has to happen with water of course, they couldn't survive with out the 1 cubic meter of water per household that they live off of. This
gargantuan amount of water is transported via aqueduct. An aqueduct is a metal and concrete tube about six feet in diameter that is supported on arches or built through mountains. Arches are the most advanced structure for supporting anything. The fact that they utilized this structure is highly advanced. These tubes are easily repairable because of the access passages leading to the tubes for maintenance on the tubes or for cleaning. The aqueducts are also founded on the principle that if a tube at a given point needs to get to a place lower than the original point, it does not matter what the tube does, the water will keep flowing. There are above-ground wells that store the water and send it to the entire roman city through the sewage system. This water also helps contribute to the first "flushing" toilets and the roman baths.
Another exquisite form of support is the column, which is also used in the church. The column can have three types of artwork on it which grant them the names: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric style of column is just a flat topped column, plain and simple. The Ionic style of column is an upside down scroll on a Doric style column. The Corinthian style is the most elaborate, it is a column decorated with leaves and other herbaceous looking designs.
The only real standing building with elaborate Corinthian columns is the Catholic Church. Our house has Ionic columns along the center room in our Roman villa. Our family was once wealthy because of my ancestors participation in the Roman army all these years, but the recent disease and economic downfall have us in a very unhealthy situation. The barbarians are now controlling Rome in the west but the Roman land far away from the center has crumbled upon itself. The Romans had conquered lots of land at the peak of their existence.
To conquer all of this land they needed the most powerful army in the world. The Romans had a series of war strategies. The most popular was they would have very long spears that would take out cavalry and some infantry. The normal sized spears that the romans would throw would bend on impact to prevent reuse. The archers would sling flaming and regular tipped arrows behind most of the action. Way back in the family line, one of my grandfathers fought against Spartacus in 71 A.D. Spartacus was captured in a war and sold as a slave. He got together a group of 70 and they rebelled against Rome. Spartacus wanted to get out of Italia but his men wanted to invade Rome. They lost to my grandfather and his men. The Punic wars were some of the most intense wars in all of Rome's existence so far. The Punic wars were between Rome and Carthage. There were a total of three Punic wars. The first Occurred in 264 BC and lasted until 241 BC. This war was mostly focused in Sicily until Rome crushed the Carthaginian navy. To put an end to the violence, Carthage and Rome signed a treaty in which Carthage had to give up Sicily. The second Punic war was started in 218 BC and ended in 202 BC. One of the reasons this war was caused is because Rome tried to take the islands of Sardinia. Hannibal took control of the new Carthage. The reason of the second Punic war is mostly because Hannibal just didn't like
Rome. Hannibal took his amazingly large army and slowly invaded Rome. He conquered all of northern Italia except for two cities. This victory attracted roughly 50,000 Gauls. The Romans new generals lost to the Carthaginian army that was at least half their size. Greece eventually allied with Hannibal and started attacking Rome also. Rome then conquered Spain and Carthage. Hannibal had no choice but to make peace. Part of the treaty was that Hannibal was to leave Italia. The final Punic war started in 149 BC and went to 146 BC. Rome ordered Carthage to move because they were becoming too powerful. Carthage didn't want to so Rome stormed the city killing most everyone. Everyone who was not dead was sold as a slave. This attack style is very different than the barbarian attacks for the past couple of years. The Barbarians attack without warning and just destroy what they can. In 27 BC there was a stretch of peace at the height of the Roman Empire. This was called the Pax Romana. The Pax Romana lasted until 180 AD. Polytheism was the main religion in the beginning of the Roman Empire.
They believed that there was more than one god. They built statues and idols representing the gods. There were elaborate statues in the forum and the senate houses. They did not believe in polytheism for long. The Romans were mostly focused on philosophy. The philosophies were mostly that of the Greek philosophers. The Romans had an embassy of philosophers that consisted of some of the great philosophers like Cicero, Lucretius, and others. Near the end of Rome came Catholicism. The Catholic religion was based on the death and rebirth of Jesus. The first pope was Saint Peter. This is the religion in present day Rome. The Catholic Church is here in Rome and is still standing. The barbarians have nothing more than a pagan religion that is not as civilized as Catholicism. The law in early Rome was the Twelve Tables. These were twelve tablets that were hung in the forum of Rome that consisted of the laws of Rome. These laws were replaced by the laws of many emperors over the years. The laws of the twelve tables were the basis of the future roman laws. Gaius Julius Caesar was one of the most loved men by the Roman people ever. He had so much power that some of the senators had become to fear the amount of control he
had.
On March 15th 44 BC, Julius Caesar was stabbed at least 23 times under the statue of Pompey. Caesar tried to get away but he tripped and fell. After his death, Augustus being the adopted nephew of Julius Caesar, inherited the power of emperor. Augustus's rule was one of the greatest in Roman history. He was the first leader in the Pax Romana period. He defeated Mark Antony and declared an end to the civil war at the time and thus began the Pax Romana. Marcus Antony was one of the supporters of Caesar along with Augustus and Marcus Aemilius. Mark Antony fell in love with Cleopatra. After he was defeated by Augustus in a large naval battle, he committed suicide thinking Cleopatra already had. At the end of the Pax Romana, Marcus Aurelius was emperor. He was considered one of the five good emperors of the Pax Romana. He ruled from 161 AD to 180 AD. Barbarians rule over Rome now. They are ruthless and have no sense of law.