HIST 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lentulus Batiatus, Ludi Romani, Weight-Bearing
28 Mar 2017
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Hist 215 (9) gladiators, the munus, & virtue: cicero and seneca. Caesar started career in oratory during a eulogy for the memory for aunt julia. - death masks: on display were death masks of the deceased and ancestors became permanent fixtures in the homes of rich homes. Displayed in atrium and brought out on special occasions. - tertullian: christian (tertullian) criticized this, saying it was idolizing the dead. - sow & ceres: sacrifice to the gods took place, a female pig usually sacrifice dot ceres god of the earth. Today in italy, still have picnics at the graves of the deceased: blood of the sacrifice was essential part of funeral rites, also been for greeks . Romans upped the ante by using human blood. Ii gladiator combat as munus (= duty, gift) to the dead. Idea of sacrifice and appeasing the gods with combat to the death became explicit in.
