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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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Age of the Gladiators by Rupert Matthews |
| You’re at a dinner party, and you overhear your neighbor discussing gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. You sidle over and slip into the conversation, “Did you know that an ape was once trained to drive a chariot pulled by camels?” More. Labels: book, gladiator, roman empire |
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| Monday, September 21, 2009 |
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Mass media in ancient Rome |
| In ancient Rome, chariot races, gladiator contests, staged animal hunts, and pantomime shows were mass media. A large share of Roman adults were attracted to watch. Advertising and highly paid celebrities arose. Elite men competed to sponsor and control the events shown. The shows had enormous influence on public conversation and high politics.Roman spectacles were regularly and frequently scheduled. Public games (ludi) were used to mark annual religious festivals. By the middle of the first century BGC, Rome had every year about seventy-five formal holidays with public games. Labels: entertainement, gladiator, roman empire |
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| Saturday, September 19, 2009 |
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La mort en face : Le dossier Gladiateurs |
| La gladiature est un phénomène économique et social fondamental pour la compréhension de la civilisation romaine. Complexe et diverse, elle est souvent caricaturée pour ne voir dans cette pratique qu’une exaltation des penchants sanguinaires et barbares des Romains. Depuis les premiers auteurs chrétiens, ce phénomène est toujours abordé avec une certaine distance et un a priori moral constant. Pourtant, malgré la condamnation de ces tueries, ce spectacle continue à passionner par le biais de péplums qui s’appuient toujours sur la vision moralisante et voyeuriste du xixe siècle. Labels: entertainement, gladiator, roman empire |
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| Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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£5 million needed for Colosseum in Rome |
One of the most famous landmarks in the world, the Colosseum in Rome, is crumbling and in desperate need of restoration work, to the tune of almost £5 million – and if the money isn’t found, the damage could be fatal… Once home to gladiatorial fights, the 2,000-year-old Colosseum in Rome, Italy, now attracts more than four million visitors from all over the world each year. Construction on the city of Rome's iconic monument started between 70 and 72 AD under the Emperor Vespasian. It was completed in 80 AD by Titus.
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Probing Question: Is football similar to Roman gladiator games? |
| On six more Saturdays between now and mid-November, a caravan of pilgrims will arrive at University Park, Pennsylvania. Many will sport outlandishly colorful attire. Some will appear days beforehand and live in tents, setting up camp outside Beaver Stadium. And on game day, as many as 107,000 fans will crowd into one of the the largest stadiums in North America. Still more will feast and imbibe from their vehicles—a modern ritual called “tailgating,” while listening to the thunderous roar of the crowd inside. Beneath the carnival atmosphere lies the fact these fans have gathered to watch young men hit and bruise one another—a violent spectacle that is one of America's favorite pastimes. Given its nature and its prominent position in our culture, is football the Roman gladiator sport for modern Americans? Labels: entertainement, gladiator, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
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Ben-Hur rides again |
| Chariots race around a huge arena at break-neck speed... a vast Roman army wields swords and spears... two gladiators fight to the death.Yet this is no scene from ancient Rome but a version of the Ben-Hur story, taking place in the very modern setting of London's O2 Arena. The 90-minute performance is the most ambitious telling of the story since the Oscar-winning 1959 movie of the same name, which starred Charlton Heston. Labels: entertainement, gladiator, london, united kingdom |
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Roman Colosseum is in urgent need of restoration! |
The big world-famous gladiatorial arena in Rome Colosseum or known as the Flavian Amphitheater is in critical condition. It is about 2000 years old and old buildings need restoration. The facade of the mighty arena have started to crumble and pieces are falling down. According to the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemmano it is important that action happens immediately otherwise the arena will suffer the consequences. It will cost at least £ 4.5 millions to keep the building in good condition and Italy is now pleading to its government and other countries to help. Labels: entertainement, gladiator, italy |
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| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
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| Monday, September 07, 2009 |
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| Saturday, September 05, 2009 |
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
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