WorksheetsLatina I - Gladiatores (in Society)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
WHAT social class did gladiators have in Roman society?
The lowest of the low class
The mercantile Middle class
The aristocratic patrician class
The poor & landless class
Terra cotta oil (a) , porcelain (b) , and intricate (c) are articacts recovered that depict gladiators, their fights, and arena scenes.
WHAT could gladiators do to make themselves stand out or become memorable?
CLICK ALL THAT APPLY!
A flashy fighting style
A colorful name
Shining armor or feathers
Efficient & quick victories
FINISH the following quote:
"A (a) gladiator was a dead gladiator."
HOW were souvenirs from dead gladiators used in Roman society?
As magical talismans, charms, & ingredients.
As military tools, weapons, & equipment.
As political symbols, icons, & propaganda.
As mercantile goods, gifts, & currency.
HOW did each Roman emperor feel about or use the gladaitor games?
AUGUSTUS
Used them politically
TIBERIUS
Was bored by them
NERO
Enjoyed them immensely
MARCUS AURELIUS
Tried to limit them
WHAT did the mirmillo gladiator, Spiculus, win from Emperor Nero?
A palace
A kingdom
A farm
A military rank
WHO were the only they only type of gladiator that had the privilege of roaming freely around a city?
First-Rate Gladiators
High-Born Gladiators
Foreign-Born Gladiators
Low-Rate Gladiators
WHAT kind of society does Watkins label the Romans as to explain one of three reasons they valued and enjoyed gladiators?
Warlike
Agricultural
Mercantile
Pacifist
The GREATEST reason gladiators became such a major element of Roman society, according to Watkins, was because the Romans had NO concept of (a) .
