Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hbos, Stanley Kubrick, Sophocles
5 Apr 2016
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Gladiators also popular figures who could acquire money and status. This gives him claim to being roman and admired. Senators secretly collecting armor and practicing as gladiators: especially with the wounds that they received. Gladiators in lamps, in graffiti like paintings on walls. They were also present on pieces of blown glass, extremely popular subject for art: also shown on rings and jewelry. Examples of gladiatorial combat on murals in large houses. Physical size, prowess with weapons, ability to inflict bodily harm. Spartacus rebellion 73-71 bce began in a gladiatorial school. In periods of civil unrest the romans broke up the gladiatorial schools and deported the men back to their homelands. Caesar was feared because of the 5000 gladiators he owned in italy. Roman attitude to gladiators was a complex one, many different attitudes towards gladiators. Stories of sexual nature involving women and gladiators.
