Pugnate!

Pugnate!

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What is this building?

• The Colosseum

• The Flavian Amphitheater

• The Piazza Navona

• The Forum Romanum

• The Pantheon

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What kinds of public events took place in the Colosseum?

• Executions

• Gladiator Competition

• Wild Animal Hunts

• Acrobats

• Staged Sea Battles

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"The Colosseum" is not its official name. How did it get this nickname?

• Named after a giant statue of Nero

• It is really really big

• It is named after the the colossal reach of the Roman emperor

• It is the place where people collide.

Colossus of Nero

• 98ft high Statue of the Emperor Nero, built some time in the mid-60s AD

• Since everyone hated Nero, it was altered by later emperors, to depict the sun god, Sol.

• It was placed in the area prior to the Colosseum being built

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What year was the building of the Colosseum finished?

• 44 BC

• 3 BC

• 15 AD

• 80 AD

• 110 AD

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What is the official name for the colosseum?

• The Flavian Amphitheater

• The Claudian Odeon

• The Theater of the Gladiators

• The Augustan Amphitheater

• The Thunder Dome

Why is it named the "Flavian Amphitheater"?

It was Built by the Flavian emperors

This dynasty included 3 emperors and ruled from 69-96 AD. The "Flavian Amphitheater" named after them as it was constructed under their reign (70-80 AD)

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Which of these Emperors were Flavian?

• Domitian

• Vespasian

• Hadrian

• Titus

• Marcus Aurelius

Gladiatorial Combat

The most popular sport in the Colosseum

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What of the following is true about gladiators?

• They were mostly enslaved people

• The good ones were ancient celebrities

• They usually died if they lost the fight

• The best gladiators were awarded a wooden sword that represented freedom when they retired

• They had different specialties

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The Gladiators had many different types, each had of which had characteristic weapons and armor.

Which of these was NOT one of them.

• Provocatores

• Phalances

• Thraces

• Murmillones

• Retiarii

Here are 3 of my favorites

Try to see if you can remember their traits

Murmillo

• A heavily-armed Gladiator with a distinctive helmet

• Cassis Christa - Helmet with full face-mask and a fishlike fin on the top, sometimes with a horsehair plume

• Manica - Scaled armguard made of leather or metal worn on the sword arm only

• Ocrea - one shin guard, worn on the opposite leg to the Manica

• Gladius - Roman Short sword

• Scutum - large rectangular shield

Thraex

• A heavily-armed Gladiator

• Parmula - smaller rectangular shield

• Sica - Short curved sword

• Manica - Scaled armguard made of leather or metal worn on the sword arm only

• Ocreae - the shin & knee guards, worn on both legs over padded pants

• Galea - Helmet with a visor, crest, and a sometimes a plume. Similar to the Murmillo, but the crest usually hooks upward and forward

Retiarius

• A light-armed, more agile Gladiator, which is the most easily identifiable:

• Fascina - a 3-pronged trident

• Manica - Scaled armguard made of leather or metal that retiarii wore on one arm

• Rete - a weighted net

• Pugio - a long straight dagger

• Galerus - shoulder guard

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What piece of equipment do all 3 types have in common?

• Galea (helmet)

• Manica (arm guard)

• Ocreae (shin guards)

• Sica (curved shortsword)

• Scutum (large rectangular shield)

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Which of these are in the usual equipment of a Retiarius?.

• gladius (short sword)

• Weighted net

• Padded Pants

• Scutum (large rectangular shield)

• Trident

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What type of Gladiator is on the right?

• Retiarius

• Thraex

• Murmillo

• None of these

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What type of Gladiator is on the right?

• Retiarius

• Thraex

• Murmillo

• None of these

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What type of Gladiator has just won this match?

• Retiarius

• Thraex

• Murmillo

• None of these

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What is a parmula?

• A long dagger

• A short curved sword

• A shoulder guard

• A small rectangular shield

• A shin guard

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What is a galerus?

• shoulder guard

• helmet

• long dagger

• breastplate

• armguard

Open Ended

The Gladiatorial Games were known as munera in Latin, which means "gifts." Why do you think they were called "gifts"?

Munera

The Games were called "munera" because they were thought of as gifts to the people. They were public entertainment to get the common people to support the politician who paid for them.