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LEARNING INTENTIONS
To describe representations of the Roman games.
Prior Knowledge
Prior Knowledge
Class Brainstorm - what do we know already about the Roman Games?
Class Brainstorm - what do we know already about the Roman Games?
Create a four column table to categorise our ideas under these topics: who, what, where and why.
Create a four column table to categorise our ideas under these topics: who, what, where and why.
Initial knowledge gained from primary sources
Initial knowledge gained from primary sources
Look at these images and add information to your table about who, what, where and why.
Look at these images and add information to your table about who, what, where and why.
Roman gladiator helmet with relief depicting scenes from the Trojan War from Herculaneum 1st century CE Bronze
Mosaic depicting a horse-racing venue known as a hippodrome. The work, was likely part of a lavish villa from the fourth century A.D., when the Romans controlled Cyprus.
Sculptured relief showing gladiators fighting wild animals (AD 150)
Construction of the Colosseum in Rome was begun in 72 CE by Vespasian and completed between 81 and 96 CE in the reign of Domitian.
Marble relief commemorating either the release from service or the discharge after a draw of two female gladiators, Amazon and Achillia. They are armed, and advancing to attack, with swords and shields. The figure on the right is missing the head. They stand on a platform, and below on each side is the head of a spectator. Inscribed above and on the platform. They are shown with the same equipment as male gladiators, but without helmets.
1stC-2ndC
Initial knowledge gained from secondary sources.
Initial knowledge gained from secondary sources.
Look at these images and add information to your table about who, what, where and why.
Look at these images and add information to your table about who, what, where and why.
Painting created in 1872: Pollice Verso ("With a Turned Thumb") by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Infographic
Infographic
Film still - Ben Hur 1959
Film still - Ben Hur 1959
The nine-minute chariot race featured in the 1959 movie ‘Ben Hur’ has become one of cinema’s most famous sequences.
Giacomo Lauro (1550- –1605) - Mock Roman Naval Battle
Reconstruction of Colosseum Podium Passageway Frescoes. Senators entering and leaving .
Reconstruction of Colosseum Podium Passageway Frescoes. Senators entering and leaving .
Stills from the movie Gladiator - 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott.
Stills from the movie Gladiator - 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott.
Rome was a cruel society... They won their huge empire by discipline and control. Public executions were a gruesome reminder to citizens, subjects and slaves, that vengeance would be exacted if they rebelled or betrayed their country.
Keith Hopkins, History Today Magazine (June 1983)
Further knowledge gained from secondary sources.
Further knowledge gained from secondary sources.
Watch these videos and add information to your table about who, what, where and why.
Watch these videos and add information to your table about who, what, where and why.
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gladiatorial spectacle freedom chariot amphitheatre naval empire citizens Circus public power popularity Colosseum animals slaves long
gladiatorial spectacle freedom chariot amphitheatre naval empire citizens Circus public power popularity Colosseum animals slaves long
If there was one thing the Roman people loved it was XXXXXXXXXX and the opportunity of escapism offered by weird and wonderful XXXXXXXXXX shows which assaulted the senses and ratcheted up the emotions. The Roman games, including XXXXXXXXXX fights against human and animals, naval recreations, political executions in the amphitheatre and XXXXXXXXXX races, were an important aspect of ancient Roman society.
Every Roman city and town had an XXXXXXXXXX, which was a large stadium where entertainment would occur for the XXXXXXXXXX. The largest amphitheatre was the XXXXXXXXXX in Rome. Such famous venues as the Colosseum and XXXXXXXXXX Maximus of Rome would host events involving magnificent processions, exotic XXXXXXXXXX, gladiator battles, chariot races, executions and even mock XXXXXXXXXX battles. Roman citizens often enjoyed entertainment that was violent and bloody. The Romans called their entertainment “games” but it generally consisted of fights between gladiators and the public execution of criminals.
Most gladiators were XXXXXXXXXX, including prisoners of war and criminals and the fights between the opposing gladiators were often brutal. While the lives of gladiators were usually short, a successful gladiator could potentially win his XXXXXXXXXX.
Not only were Roman games a place of entertainment and where poorer members of Roman society could receive a meal, but they were also significant in the communication of XXXXXXXXXX between the ruling elite and the populace of the city. Roman rulers knew this well and so to increase their XXXXXXXXXX and prestige with the people they put on lavish and spectacular shows in purpose-built venues across the XXXXXXXXXX.
For these reasons, the Roman games enjoyed a XXXXXXXXXX history in ancient Rome and some of the surviving arenas are still marvelled at today.
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What are the main representations of the Roman Games throughout history?
What are the main representations of the Roman Games throughout history?
Use the information in your Roman Games table to structure your response by explaining what the games were, where they were held, who went to the games and why were they held.
Use the information in your Roman Games table to structure your response by explaining what the games were, where they were held, who went to the games and why were they held.
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