CLA233H1 Lecture : CLA233H1S.2013.Feb26 - The Ampitheatre.doc
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Citizens and allies alike had their needs supplied. Next came a public entertainment nothing lax or dissolute to weaken and destroy the manly spirit. No one risked the old charge of impiety if he disliked a particular gladiator; no spectator found himself turned spectacle, dragged off by the hook to sastisfy grim pleasures, or else cast to the flames! He (i. e. trajan"s predecessor. Domitian was fond of greek style music. Trajan gave ppl manly entertainment which is what ur supposed to give ppl. Alternatively, he may mean competitions in music and dancing, of which. And when the crowd called for the brigand tetrinius, he termed them. This caligula lamented in a proclamation as the cruelest slaughter, and denounced those who had felt able to witness the spectacle. When a certain columbus won a victory but was slightly wounded, he gave orders that the wound be rubbed with a kind of poison, which he thereafter termed.
