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Roman Entertainment

Roman Entertainment. Games, gladiators, and circuses. What did the romans do for fun?. Dice and gambling Board games Sports- track and field, wrestling Games with balls Toys Travel baths. Dice, knucklebones, gambling. Dice- 6 sized Knuclebones - rectangular, 4 sides

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Roman Entertainment

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  1. Roman Entertainment Games, gladiators, and circuses

  2. What did the romans do for fun? Dice and gambling Board games Sports- track and field, wrestling Games with balls Toys Travel baths

  3. Dice, knucklebones, gambling Dice- 6 sized Knuclebones- rectangular, 4 sides Gambling sometimes prohibited

  4. Board GAMES SCRATCHED INTO BUIDLINGS, STONES STRATEGY AND CAPTURE GAMES LATRUNCULI- 12 X 8 SQUARES, PLAIN AND SPECIAL PIECES MOLA- 3 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, TRY TO CAPTURE PEICES

  5. sports Swimming Track and field- running, discus, etc. Wrestling Both men and women

  6. Ball games Leather sewn balls Some heavier/smaller Team sports on fields of different shapes and sizes Harpastum and trigon

  7. toys Dolls, animals, tops, carts, hoops, kites, swings

  8. Travel Athens, Olympia, Delphi, nile river, rhodes

  9. Bath houses Thermae For exercise, bathing, socializing Palestra- exercise room Strigil- remove dirt, oil Tepidarium- warm room Calidarium- hot room Frigidaroum- cold room Libraries

  10. Baths of CARACALLA • BUILT 212-216 AD, USED UNTIL 6TH CENTURY • BECAME DESIGN FOR OLD PENNSYLVANIA STATION IN NYC • 2 LIBRARIES, SWIMMING POOL WITH MIRRORS, TWO GYMS, HOT, COLD, AND TWO WARM BATHS

  11. What about Public Entertainment? With religious festivals Most important is plebian games Theater festivals Chariot races Gladiator games Military triumphs

  12. What are the Circuses? Chariot racing Circus maximus- 250,000 seats 4 factions with multiple horses and drivers Spina- center barrier, metae- turning post 7 laps (about 5 miles) 4 horses per chariot 24 races per day

  13. Who are the gladiators? Colosseum- flavian; 55,000 seats Captured slaves and pow Trained in gladiator schools Celebrities Could win freedom

  14. Fought against animals, humans Equipped with exotic weapons Hunts- beast fights, exotic animals

  15. Military TRIUMPHS PUBLIC PARADES CARTS WITH PLUNDER PRISIONERS OF WAR MUSICIANS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SOLDIERS

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