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Gladiatorial combat; animal baiting;hi paul
the gladitorial fights in the colesseum as well as venationes(beast fights), Naumachia (naval sea battles) which were also held in the arena.
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they got it painful there... Dont ask meh unless its Soccer >_>
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Why did the roman empire want to distract the people of rome with gladiator games?
To pacify them. The roman mob (free roman citizens) were a force that no roman emperor dared take on. Not only were there comabts and races but tokens and food was handed out to the crowd, a kind of gory social security. Modern day soccer is promoted in much the same fashion as an opiate of the masses.
What are the dates Trajan ruled from?
Trajan acutally began his rule as the Roman empire in a.d. 98-117 a.d. He died in 117 a.d his last year of rule. Trajan is also know as the kind-hearted soldier.
How old is the roman empire?
The Colosseum in Rome was started around A.D. 75 and completed in A.D 80. It is a huge structure capable of holding around 50,000 people and it was originally called the Flavium Amphitheatre, the name colosseum was given to it in the 8th century.
When did the roman era start and finish?
The Roman republic began in 510 BC and ended in 31 BC. These are the official dates. The beginning of the republic presents little in the way of a problem, but the ending actually began with the several dictatorships of Julius Caesar and culminated with Octavian's victory at Actium, a span of about 15 years.
5 What kind of poetry was the roman poet horace famous for?
Horace was a lyric poet and satirist.
What kind of government did Nero live in?
The Roman Empire.
Which empire renamed judaea palestine as a kind of punishment after crushing a Jewish revolt?
The Roman empire.
What kind of government did the roman empire have under trarquinius superbus?
Monarchy
What kind of nationality does Jesus have?
He is Jewish. At the time he lived, he was a citizen of the Roman Empire.
What bodies surrounded the roman empire?
You need to specify which kind of bodies you are referring to.
What kind fo government did the Roman Empire have under Trarquinius Superbus?
Monarcy
What kind of empire did Mussolini want to create during world war two?
He wanted to create a new Roman Empire.
Were the roman empire kind and friendly?
no they werent. they beat everyone who lived in rome with whips.
What did roman empire men wear?
togas. robe kind of things wraped around
How were the gladiators chosen and what kind of people became Gladiators?
They were defeated armies drafted as slaves to the Roman Empire.
What kind of animals did Romans kill?
Any kind they could get their bloody little hands on. In Roman times, there was no popular sense of species fragility: creatures were just there until they weren't. There were subspecies of African megafauna that went extinct as a result of Romans supplying them to the blood sports in their arenas.
When did the Roman Empire fell during the last part of the fourth century?
There is no set date (at least I have never found one) for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It just kind of disintegrated over such along period (3rd to the 5th century AD). The date for the Eastern Roman Empire on the other hand is 1453, when the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople
