Types of Gladiator
This lightly armoured gladiator used a net and trident.
What is a Retiarius?
The Roman Games were most famously held in this city.
What is Rome?
Amphitheatres were primarily used for this type of entertainment.
What are gladiatorial games?
Roman leaders used games to gain this from the public.
What is popularity/support?
This Roman writer criticised the brutality of the games in his letters.
Who is Seneca?
This heavily armoured gladiator carried a large shield and short sword, often fighting a Retiarius.
What is a Secutor?
This famous amphitheatre in Rome was inaugurated in 80 CE under Emperor Titus.
What is the Colosseum?
An amphitheatre built throughout the Roman Empire, outside of Rome, during the Imperial period.
What is a provincial amphitheatre
The phrase “bread and circuses” is associated with this Roman poet.
Who is Juvenal?
This satirist mocked the Roman public’s obsession with entertainment.
Who is Juvenal?
This gladiator was modelled on Rome’s enemies and carried a curved sword and small shield.
What is a Thraex (Thracian)?
The Roman Games evolved from these earlier funeral rites honouring the dead.
What are Etruscan funeral games?
This underground area beneath the arena floor housed animals and machinery.
What is the hypogeum?
Games were often funded by magistrates to gain this political advantage.
What is vote/electoral support?
This poet praised the grandeur of the Colosseum and its spectacles.
Who is Martial?
This gladiator type was equipped with a rectangular shield and helmet, often representing a traditional Roman soldier.
What is a Murmillo?
This catastrophic event in 79 CE preserved evidence of games in cities like Pompeii.
What is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Amphitheatres were typically oval in shape to improve this aspect of the games.
What is visibility/spectator viewing?
Emperors used games to reinforce this idea about their rule.
What is power and authority/legitimacy?
Seneca describes spectators becoming morally worse due to exposure to this.
What is violence/cruelty?
This rare gladiator fought from horseback, highlighting spectacle over traditional combat.
What is an Eques?
This emperor greatly expanded the scale of games to gain popularity after civil war.
Who is Augustus?
This system of entrances and exits allowed large crowds to enter and leave efficiently.
What is/are the vomitoria?
Games could distract the population from this, helping maintain stability.
What is political unrest/social problems?
Juvenal’s writings suggest Roman citizens traded political engagement for this.
What is bread and circuses (entertainment and food)?