Today‚ I will bring to your attention the recent gladiator protests against oppression before their battles. During these protests‚ approximately 800 gladiators kneeled down‚ locked arms‚ or did not come out into the arena before their battles‚ an action of disrespect to me. These gladiators have only one task‚ to fight for our entertainment. They do not have the right to express their opinions. This is an issue that must be fixed immediately because if we do not‚ then they will rebel against us
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Gladiator is set during the peak of the Roman Empire. The story revolves around Maximus (Russel Crowe)‚ one of the best General’s in Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ (Richard Harris) army. The emperor is dying and makes his wishes known that Maximus be his successor instead of his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) . As you might expect‚ going through life with a name like Commodus‚ and then being passed over by his own father doesn’t look good. He orders the death of Maximus‚ who manages to escape and become
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By currently taking this History & Philosophy of Sports class‚ this film “Gladiator” establishes the whole scenery during the time period of ancient Rome. In the film‚ it introduced Gladiator battles. These Gladiator battles reflected as entertainment to society‚ as well as‚ being a survival setting between life and death. Not only they would compete for survival‚ but they would compete to become the best. By this time‚ Commodus‚ is the new Roman emperor and he fears that Maximus could use his heroic
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has been greatly reduced; violence in T.V has greatly increased. We see a lot more blood‚ murders‚ and in greater detail. From 1960’s to the Early 2000’s‚ Movies have greatly changed in terms of violence. The first movie I choose to do was‚ “Gladiator”. It was released in the year 2000‚ and also won the Oscar for best picture. The director was Ridley Scott. The motion picture shows a lot of blood and people get slaughtered. In addition‚ the film has a lot of hand to hand combat with multiple types
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Gladiator is a historical film‚ which was released on May the forth in 2000. The movie was set in the year 180AD. The filming was held from December 1998- May 1999 and the whole creation took three years. Gladiator is about a powerful general named Maximus‚ who is asked to be emperor over the emperor’s son. This causes his son Commodus to kill his father in rage. Commodus becomes Emperor and tries to assassinate Maximus and his family in revenge. Maximus escapes Commodus and tries to regain the
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and cruelty‚ honor and violence” (Beck 152). Thousands of people would flood to the colosseum to watch gladiators duel with animals‚ and with each other. This form of entertainment attracted multiple spectators‚ yet is was an extremely deadly sport. A multitude of gladiators died while fighting in the colosseum. Through the sights of death‚ people still watched the fights for centuries. Gladiator fights were not always in an arena‚ they were originally fought by slaves at funerals of the wealthy.
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A gladiator was a armed combat men who entertained people who came watch them in the Roman Empire who fought in violence with other gladiators. Some was volunteers who risked their lives. Most were considered as slaves‚ schooled under harsh conditions‚ socially marginalized even in death. Their origin gladiators offered spectators in fighting or dying will. There is evidence of it in funeral rites during the Punic wars of the third century. The gladiator games lasted for thousands of
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became a gladiator‚ I was a soldier who was in the army. When we were not fighting battles‚ we spent time marching‚ practicing fighting‚ and making our own weapons. Between fighting battles‚ marching‚ and practicing‚ we had little time for anything else except a quick meal and as much sleep as we could grab. After commanding and fighting many wars against other provinces I was captured and sent back to rome to be sold. Soon after‚ I was bought by a manager and was sent to special gladiator school
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IB English 9 2B 7 May 2012 The Colosseum and Gladiators While the Colosseum is a major tourist attraction today‚ back when the Roman Empire ruled it was a place of fighting‚ blood‚ and death. The colosseum was a source of entertainment for the people of Rome‚ as they witnessed the famed gladiators fighting to the death. The architectural design of the colosseum is an ingenious design‚ as well as the purpose and roles of it. The gladiators had an interesting history‚ as well as different classes
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Gladiators in Ancient Rome Gladiators were trained warriors who fought each other to the death to entertain the Roman people. Romans had gotten the idea of gladiator battles from the ancient Etruscans. In the beginning‚ gladiator battles were held in rites of sacrifice due to the spirits of the dead. The first gladiatorial contest in Rome took place in 264 BC as part of one of the funeral rituals called a munus. Most of these matches took place at a large amphitheater called the Colosseum. The
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