became a gladiator‚ I was a soldier who was in the army. When we were not fighting battles‚ we spent time marching‚ practicing fighting‚ and making our own weapons. Between fighting battles‚ marching‚ and practicing‚ we had little time for anything else except a quick meal and as much sleep as we could grab. After commanding and fighting many wars against other provinces I was captured and sent back to rome to be sold. Soon after‚ I was bought by a manager and was sent to special gladiator school
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Gladiators in Ancient Rome Gladiators were trained warriors who fought each other to the death to entertain the Roman people. Romans had gotten the idea of gladiator battles from the ancient Etruscans. In the beginning‚ gladiator battles were held in rites of sacrifice due to the spirits of the dead. The first gladiatorial contest in Rome took place in 264 BC as part of one of the funeral rituals called a munus. Most of these matches took place at a large amphitheater called the Colosseum. The
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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 – 2000 For my history of film paper‚ I chose to watch Gladiator‚ Directed by Ridley Scott and costumed by Janty Yates. For Best Costume Design for Gladiator‚ Yates was nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences‚ and won. The British Academy of Film & Television Arts also nominated her for Best Costume Designer. The movie takes place in ancient Rome circa 180 A.D. under the rule of the great Caesars. Marcus Aurelius‚ the Emperor of Rome‚ is on the brink of death‚ and
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She looked up at the same ceiling above her bed before falling asleep for 18 years. Caroline Sheridan grew up in Nashville‚ Tennessee and never moved before coming to Dallas for college. “I didn’t really think I wanted to go any further west than Nashville for college‚” Sheridan said. Her life was in Nashville. She went a small coed private catholic school from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade. And later a non-denominational school for high school. Growing up in Nashville with her family
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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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Calvin Cambridge and his two best friends‚ Murph and Reg Stevens‚ are teenage orphans. At night they have to sell chocolate for the orphanage director‚ Stan Bittleman‚ after each home game of the Los Angeles Knights. Calvin meets the team’s coach‚ who is impressed by Calvin’s knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates‚ and offers Calvin tickets for the next game. Calvin obtains a pair of old sneakers from a thrift store reportedly used by a great basketball player when he was a boy
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