Latin Phrases
Carpe vinum
seize the wine
venatores, bestiarii
Lenticula
Lentils
Were all actors played by men
Yes
dominus
nominative
Acta non verba
Deeds, not words
common gladiator type
Retiarius
Lenticulam de castaneis
Lentils and Chestnuts
fabric, plaster
canem
accusitive
Natura non constristatur
Nature is not saddened
the most famous gladiator
Spartacus
Asparagos
Asparagus
what was the name of the actors responsible for reading the story
Choris
laudant
nominative
Ad meliora
Toward better things
one of three ways to become a gladiator
Prisoners of war, pay for a crime, willingly sign up
Pultes tractogalatae
Milk Toast
How many members were in the chorus
5-50
somnus
nominitive
Ad astra per aspera
Through adversity to the stars
What were gladiator fights originally apart of
Funerals
Conditum Paradoxum
Spiced wine
what is the earliest tragedy to survive
Aeschylus Persai, dates from 472
manus
nominitive