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Ancient Rome and
how it connects to the
How does the
colosseum connect to
the arena in the
hunger games?
escaping from the school where he was being
trained in Capua. Spartacus and the 70-ish
men who escaped with him began raiding the
lavish country estates of the Roman elite and
the slaves belonging to these estates joined
in, creating an army of thousands of
slaves. Katniss’ and Peeta’s tale is similar
because their defiance made one district after
another join in the rebellion until District 13
came out of the shadows and organized the
rebellion, taking it to its logical
conclusion. Unfortunately for Spartcus,
things did not turn out so well. After his army
was defeated, the 6000 survivors (which did
not include him as he died in battle) were
crucified along the Appian Way as a warning
to other slaves. Thus ended the Third Servile
How
does
the
latin
Empire to keep the masses happy and docile
by keeping their bellies full and their minds
phase
et
Circenses
entertained. "Panem is very similar to the
cultural perception of how ancient Rome was
relateitsto
the
country
throughout
history,
despite
the fact that it
was not always ruled by debauched
panem?
emperors. There
is the Capitol, which is rich,
decadent and has a complete stranglehold
over the outlying districts. In the latter half of
the Roman Empire, this was very true
because Roman citizens were usually exempt
from certain taxes that the provincials had to
pay. Life within the province of Italy was
usually much better than life in the outlying
provinces, which is similar to Panem’s
system. Rome also had many provinces and
each province was known for its main exports
name the character
Seneca after the
philosopher in ancient
Rome?
• Cinna’s name comes from none other than
nd-ancient-rome/
Julius Caesar’s first father-in-law. Octavia
was the sister of Octavian, the first true
emperor of Rome, who later became known
as Caesar Augustus.
•
Collins name the
"Panem: Suzanne Collins has said that
Panem
is supposed to be like
ancient
Rome:
characters
in
the
"Panem itself comes from the Latin
expression
'Panem
et Circenses'
which
capital
after
ancient
translates into 'Bread and Circuses'" . This
term roman
refers to the techniques
used
by
the
leaders?
Roman Empire to keep the masses happy
and docile". The Hunger Games and the
Arena: With our Roman history glasses on,
we can't help but see the Hunger Games
arena as very similar to the Colosseum in
Rome, where gladiators would fight to the
death for the entertainment of the citizens of
the Empire's capitol. This relates to the
second question it's the same type of person
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Work cited
• Collins, Suzanne . "The hunger games."
Www.smoop.com. N.p., n.d. Web. .
• Reference:
• Collins, Suzanne . "The hunger games."
Www.smoop.com. N.p., n.d. Web. .