Romans final

harena

stadium floor of the amphitheatre

Saturnalia

winter festivle - Dec 17

Lupercalia

feburary 15th - celebrated fertility and purity

beast hunts

a morning event where wild animals were brought in to fight, called venationes

mid day

executions, and forced fights to the death, also animals fights led by besteralli

gladiator misconceptions

they did not execute, nor did they fight animals

afternoon

gladiator duels, not typically to death 1/10 gladiators really died

gladiators urns included

wins to losses, and draws despite having a 95% chance of survival

prisoners in duels

prisoners were made to fight, misconceptions that they're also gladiators they are not

Munerarius

was a sponsor for events, and would decide how strict rules were

morituri te salutant

“we who are about to die, salute you” a fight to the death rarely occurring only under one emperor(Claudius)

retiarius

a gladiator who fought with a net and trident

secutor

an armoured gladiatorknown for wearing an infamous helmet with a shield

murmillo

a gladiator with armor with a fish crest on its head and a helmet with red feathers, and a large sehild

Thraex

a curved sword with a helmet that had a crest of a griffon

samnis

heavily armoured with a large shield large fighter

hoplomachus

spear with a small shield

cena libera

a banquet before a night of a battle given to gladiators

gladiators status

they did win money but not a lot, but they did become pseudo celebrities

beast hunter vs beast handler

venator hunted and beastiarius handled

ad digitum

sign of mercy

sine missione

“without reprieve” meaning the battle had to end in death no defeat

it is a giant awning, called a velarium

circus maximus

primarily a chariot racing arena along with other events and the largest stadium in rome, held 250,000 people

7 laps

the standard to win a race

teams

there were many teams represented by colors red, green, purple, blues, whites, and gold and the supports or fans of the colors were factiones

status

charioteers were renowned, they were the biggest celebrities and rich to

A. those are lap counters. B. was a horterator, like a coach that gives signals to racers. C. sparsor cooled down horses. D. Naufragium, indicates a crash. E. caceres, the beginning area

scaena frons

a roman theatre, it refers to the building behind the stage, and scaena frons were the facade, basically the backdrop

cavea

the seating at a theater, usually circling the main stage its best for acoustics

seating formation

ima cavea was closest to stage, media cavea was the middle row, summa cavea was furthest

cunei

the walk way between seats

odeon

a small theatre or concert hall made just for music

fornices