A relief carving of gladiators locked in combat. (recently found)Click around in this informative site about the Roman Gladitorial Games.
This site has a wealth of information about how the games began, who the gladiators were, and the cultural and political aspects of staging such events. Other areas you could research would be female gladiators, weaponry/armor, and the moral aspects of such events.
Either by reading throug this site or researching other related sites, find some tidbit of information on gladiators/gladiatorial games that you did not already know. Post a synopsis of the information you found and tell me why you found it interesting.
Interestingly enough, you can buy this reproduction skull for your very own.
Also click around on the IMA site for their Roman art exhibition. GO SEE IT IF YOU CAN!!
Finally, I found this really disturbing Pepsi commercial. Do you know of any other appropriations of Roman culture/art in modern advertisement?
Comments for this post are due by Monday October 22nd.
Comments for this post are due by Monday October 22nd.
