CLAS 2P40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gladiator, Praetor, Ludi Romani
6 Dec 2018
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Since etruscans did some human sacrifice: but phersu game more like beast hunt/execution not gladiators, no real connection here. Munus origins: campania: campania: armed combatants by 4th c. bc (370-340 bc) in tomb paintings, sem 8. 3 = livy: dressed combatants as samnites to fight at banquets , most likely influence from here. Image: tomb armed men fighting in combat; note wounds with blood, Campanians: campania: earlier heavily influence by greek colonies, greek: funeral games and the iliad, watched combats of two skilled warriors, bot not sure status of combatants. Influences: combat warriors wear armaments of enemy pows = samnites , roman encounter this tradition first 309 bc, 1st gladiators in rome 264 bc = 3 pairs at a funeral, offered as a duty = munus. Fame to win political office = elites increase competitive spending: not just shows but violent and bloody ones, cicero noted: should be out of generosity not ambition = not usually the case.
