Friday, December 9, 2011

Huger Games Research on "Gladiators"

   
Today when people think of gladiators they think of fighting and violence. But most Roman gladiators started off as civilized people and some were slaves as well. They fought for other peoples entertainment, like the kings and rich people. (Coleman). Gladiators have some what developed over time, but not really if your going to compare it to how it was back then. Now days gladiators are in movies and on television ect. ("Who Were the Roman Gladiators"). Gladiators would either fight to the death or fight till so one takes defeat.(Gladiators: Heroes of the Roman Amphitheatre).

Gladiators are connected to Huger Games by the way they have to fight till someone is the last one standing, someone is going to die at the end of the games or the battle. Roman gladiators were more violent then the people in the Huger Games, lots of more hate and blood when they fought rather than the people chossen in the Huger Games. In the Huger Games the killing was painful to watch the gladitors killed and was more trained than the Huger Games trubutes. It was like the gladiators had nothing to live for, but to fight. The gladiators where also chossen like the tributes in the Huger Games, gladiors usually vilonteered, and most were slaves. But in the Hugers Games Katnis was really the only one who vilonteered, the games were made by the game makers, just like how the Kings invented the gladiator games. Both were made for entertainment uses, most didn't enjoy watching people dieing, it was really for the Capital people and the uper hand people like the Kings&Queens.  (Ancient History in Depth: Gladiators: Heroes of the Roman Amphitheatre.) I have learned that the Huger Games and Gladiators have a lot in common and are very similare to one another, and I am very happy that I learned so much about them both.
     
Coleman, Professor Kathleen. "BBC - History - Ancient History in Depth: Gladiators: Heroes of the Roman Amphitheatre." BBC - Homepage. 17 Feb. 20ll. Web. 07 Dec. 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/gladiators_01.shtml.
Gill, N.S. "Gladiators - Who Were the Roman Gladiators." Ancient / Classical History - Ancient Greece & Rome & Classics Research Guide. Web. 07 Dec. 2011. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romeslavery/p/Gladiators.htm>.