Recently added articles from Calliope:
5 Great gladiator facts.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009 ... 1 Gladiatorial combats were neither the oldest, nor the most popular, entertainment in ancient Rome--chariot racing was. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 Constantine was the first Roman emperor to outlaw gladiator fights--in A.D. 325. Still, they continued. ...
Musings.(Seneca)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Fire tests gold, misfortune brave men. --Seneca, first-century A.D. Roman philosopher THIS IS ONE ISSUE THAT NEEDS no introduction. But what you read, see, and ...
Let the games begin.(gladiator combats)
Jul 01, 2009; ... So spoke the gladiators to the officials before they faced each other in combat. Then, with weapons poised, helmets lowered, and shields raised, metal crashed upon metal, and adoring fans watched and cheered or cursed, as their favorite fighters killed their opponents or lay in the dust. ...
Learning how to die.(gladiators)
Jul 01, 2009; ... To keep spectators on the edge of their seats, a gladiator had to fight with skill and die with courage. He learned how to do both in a special school. There were more than 100 of these schools around the empire. Each was run by a business manager called a lanista, who recruited and bought ...
Thumbs down?(gladiator combat)
Jul 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For many Romans, gladiatorial combats were much-anticipated events. These competitions were either battles between individual fighters or much larger spectacles that involved not only humans but also animals, machines, and a variety of special effects. ...