IB English 9 2B 7 May 2012 The Colosseum and Gladiators While the Colosseum is a major tourist attraction today‚ back when the Roman Empire ruled it was a place of fighting‚ blood‚ and death. The colosseum was a source of entertainment for the people of Rome‚ as they witnessed the famed gladiators fighting to the death. The architectural design of the colosseum is an ingenious design‚ as well as the purpose and roles of it. The gladiators had an interesting history‚ as well as different classes
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6:00 am My life as a gladiator started early morning‚ as soon as our cells were unlocked we walked to the eating area to have breakfast. I was used to eating my three meals a day‚ my breakfast was cereal‚ dried fruits and goat cheese and water. We were only allowed to drink water and occasionally goat milk‚ but never wine. During meals speaking was not allowed‚ and eating was somehow relaxing to me. 7:00 am I walked towards the center of the barracks to start my training of the day‚ it was
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Gladiator (Movie) Gladiator is a film about Maximus‚ a roman general who was to be the next emperor‚ succeeding Aurelius. Aurelius’ son Commodus gets angry and jealous at the fact that he was not chosen by his father to be next in line. He then proceeds to kill his father and orders Maximus to be killed. Maximus flees but finds out that his family has been murdered. He later gets enslaved and becomes a gladiator‚ where he trains under Proximo who also was a former gladiator. He then starts a journey
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Name: Angelica Rose L. Tan (BEEd-SpEd 2) Date: July 5‚ 2013 Professor: Ms. Pauline Gregorio Subject: SocCul PERSPECTIVES The height of the power of Roman Empire was at vast. Over one quarter of the world’s population lived and died the rule of the Caesars. Emperor Marcus Aurelius was in twelve-years of campaign against the Barbarian Tribe in Germania that was drawing to an end. His final wish before he dies is that to have a stronghold stands in the way of Roman Victory and the promise
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Gladiator‚ though not the most intellectually stimulating film of this decade‚ was deeper and more complex than one might gather from it at first glance. Its theme was not a simple "good-guy versus bad-guy" one as one might gather from the title. In fact‚ Gladiator in essence had very little to do with gladiators. Its real purpose‚ its real underlying flavor‚ was to depict a man ’s struggle against decadence in his society and to restore it to the disciplined one that it had been‚ a man who was driven
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meridus win many victories in fights throughout the movie. The movie Gladiator was made in the year 2000 and it was directed by Ridley Scott. The films setting first starts in Vindobana which is in Austria and Germania and then to the Roman Province of Spain‚ later on the film takes place in Zucchabar in North Africa. Later on through most of the movie the film takes place in Rome‚ at the Roman Colosseum. The main character in the movie is Maximus Decimus Meridius he is a general leading the roman
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John Kidd‚ III Stoical Men Block 6 In the movie Gladiator‚ David Franzoni uses stoicism to show the moral philosophy of the Romans‚ and how this philosophy affected the people and how they govern themselves. Stoicism asks the basic question‚ “What is the good life?” as well as saying there are things you can control‚ and thing that you can not. In Gladiator‚ Maximus is constantly in these situations‚ and finds out that his control over emotion is only controllable
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THE GLADIATORS OF ROME In ancient times‚ the Romans enjoyed watching others get hurt‚ or even die in the form of Gladiator matches. Most Romans watched these fights in an arena. An arena is a central stage used for sports or spectators. Usually‚ people paid to watch these fights but on special occasions‚ the entire event was sponsored by one elite – wealthy Roman and the tickets were given to the general public for free. Although Gladiator fighting might seem barbaric to us today‚ in the
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GLADIATOR MOVIE REVIEW At the height of its power the Roman Empire was vast‚ stretching from the desserts of Africa to the borders of Northern England. Over one quarter of the world’s empire lived and died under the rule of the Caesar’s. In the year 180 AD‚ General Maximus Decimus Meridius (played by Russell Crowe) leads his soldiers to victory against Germanic barbarians‚ thus ending a prolonged war. Maximus is loved by the people and the dying Emperor‚ Marcus Aurelius (played by Richard Harris)
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GLADIATOR (Summary) In the final days of Marcus Aurelius’ reign‚ the aging emperor angers his son Commodus by making it known that he wants Maximus‚ a fearsome and respected Roman general‚ to be his successor. Power-hungry Commodus kills his father and orders the death of Maximus. But the latter flees‚ only to discover that his wife and child have been murdered by Commodus. Captured‚ Maximus is forced into slavery‚ where he is sold to Proximo‚ a former gladiator who serves as both mentor and
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