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Ancient Rome Entertainment and Recreation
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Both rich and poor could go to watch circuses and gladiator fights in the Coliseum and take baths
Laura Wang
December 2015
GLADIATOR COMBAT
MOCK BATTLE
Ancient Rome Entertainment and Recreation
CHARIOT RACES
Circus Maximus
- Gladiators could die fighting for an audience
- Gladiator fights were held in the Coliseum which could hold 50,000 spectators
- The audience was asked whether the loser should die based on how hard they tried
- Began as an offering for a dead person
- Mock battles often had more casualties than a real battle
- The people in the battles were often prisoners
- This might have been a way prisoners were executed
- Races where a chariot was pulled by two or four horses that raced around a track
- This was very dangerous
- Charioteers often became very rich
- An example of a track is the Circus Maximus
- Factions or teams:
If a gladiator survived his career he would be given a wooden sword.
Criminals were also executed by having to perform a story where the character dies.
WILD ANIMAL SHOWS
- Included exhibitions, combats, public executions
- No permanent zoos
- Animal fights and staged hunts (armed slaves were hunters who chased down dangerous animals)
- Criminals were often executed in wild animal shows
Animals included lions, tigers, leopards, crocodiles, rhinos, ostriches, and elephants
Spectator Sports and Activities
Wild Animal Shows
Most of these were held in the Coliseum
Gladiator Combat
Most people participated as spectators
Chariot Races
Mock Battles
Campus Martius
- A field named in honor of the war god Mars
- Used for military exercises at first
- Also held chariot races
- Later covered with buildings such as baths and gymnasiums
panem et circenses or bread and circuses
The emperors provided food (wheat) and entertainment for the poor to prevent rioting
Could not have lavish dinner parties
The wealthy could have elegant dinner parties
POOR
They could also have baths in their homes but the amount of water they could use was controlled
They had feasts with musicians, dancers, and performers
VS.
The wealthy would put on theater and games for free to gain popularity
WEALTHY
They would only fight to the death if that is what the audience wanted.
Death had become a "form of entertainment" in ancient Rome.
- Athletes competed in running, wrestling, boxing, jumping, a foot race, throwing a discus and a spear
- There were stadiums built for running
- Upper-class men might go to a Greek-style gymnasium or a palaestra (wrestling school) to exercise and socialize
- Boxing was a major sport in ancient Rome
Sports and Games
A PART OF DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME
Have snacks and play games
Baths
GOSSIP
To Romans, baths proved that they were better than people in other countries because they were cleaner.
RELAX
Thermae: Bath Complex
When You Went Inside:
Outside included space for exercises and sports as well as fruit stands
MINGLE
1) Take off outdoor clothes
2) Warm up with exercises in gymnasium
3) Swim in pool for cold plunge bath
4) Series of heated rooms
5) Scrape off oil and dirt
6)Go into the rooms the opposite order
Inside was the baths, which were a series of heated rooms and a pool
A PART OF DAILY OF LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME
Many were situated to use the heat of the sun and fiery furnaces were placed under the raised floors of the baths
Open to everyone
Actors often wore masks to show emotion
Red wigs for slaves
White wigs for old men
Wigs helped the audience identify who the actor was playing
The Romans preferred comedies to tragedies.
ACTING
Roman Theater
Greek Theater
- Actors were always men until the Roman empire
Roman theater was based off of Greek theater. They used Greek plays for some of their performances.
Roman Theater
The audience would throw sticks, stones, and food at them if they didn't like the performance
- Acting could be dangerous
Roman Backgammon-Tabula
Roman Checkers-Calculi
Roman Chess-Latrunculi
Tic-tac-toe -Terni Lapilli
The Game of Twelve Lines-Duodecim Scripta
Board Games
Public Games
Roman men loved to gamble and bet on outcomes of contests. They threw dice and played board games like checkers and backgammon.