Forms Of Violent Entertainment In Ancient Rome
In What Ways is Modern Entertainment Similar to Forms of Violent Entertainment in Ancient Rome? Violent forms of entertainment have been around for several millennia. Nearly all ancient civilizations held events revolving around violence. In present times, we still get excited over violent sports, movies, television shows, along with videogames and much more, violence seems to envelope modern media just as much as, if not more than non-violent topics. So in what ways is modern entertainment similar to forms of violent entertainment in Ancient Rome? A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned
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Gladiator fights were widely celebrated and if you were the winner you gained public acclaim and popularity, much like the victors of a UFC or Pride FC match, the only difference is, the loser of UFC and Pride FC get to keep their lives. Gladiatorial combats ended with victors showered in praise, and the loser dead or mortally wounded bad enough they’d be dead within days. Victory or death took a literal meaning in those events. Today to get their fix on gore, action and suspense, all people have to do is take a trip to the movies. With modern technologies and effects, no one has to die. Movies immerse us in a story, or a plot, that could provide the type of suspense those spectators felt, without the real deaths and injuries. Movies give people what they have wanted for millennia…Violence in the way gladiators gave ancient Romans what they wanted. One may argue that the types of entertainment have gotten less violent to the point of there being significantly less deaths. People brutally beat the life out of each other for fame, popularity, money, or a silly title. It is clear that we still live in very violent society. We Canadians as a nation are pretty peaceful, but look at the United States, every time there is a conflict in another country. I really like violent movies, videogames and the UFC. If I was around during the time of the gladiator, I would more than likely have attended at a few battles. Would I have enjoyed it? Most likely I would have, it was very popular back
Gladiator fights were widely celebrated and if you were the winner you gained public acclaim and popularity, much like the victors of a UFC or Pride FC match, the only difference is, the loser of UFC and Pride FC get to keep their lives. Gladiatorial combats ended with victors showered in praise, and the loser dead or mortally wounded bad enough they’d be dead within days. Victory or death took a literal meaning in those events. Today to get their fix on gore, action and suspense, all people have to do is take a trip to the movies. With modern technologies and effects, no one has to die. Movies immerse us in a story, or a plot, that could provide the type of suspense those spectators felt, without the real deaths and injuries. Movies give people what they have wanted for millennia…Violence in the way gladiators gave ancient Romans what they wanted. One may argue that the types of entertainment have gotten less violent to the point of there being significantly less deaths. People brutally beat the life out of each other for fame, popularity, money, or a silly title. It is clear that we still live in very violent society. We Canadians as a nation are pretty peaceful, but look at the United States, every time there is a conflict in another country. I really like violent movies, videogames and the UFC. If I was around during the time of the gladiator, I would more than likely have attended at a few battles. Would I have enjoyed it? Most likely I would have, it was very popular back