Download The Beginnings of Rome Ch. 13

The Beginnings of Rome
Ch. 13
I. The Founding of Rome
*King Numitor overthrown by brother Amulius.
*Amulius forbids Numitor’s daughter to have children.
*She does and her twin son’s are put in the river
to drown.
*Discovered by a she wolf and nursed
*As they grow older, they restore their
grandfather to power.
*They then build cities of their own,
when Remus jumps over the wall of Romulus
city, Romulus gets angry and kills him.
II. Etruscans
*Settled in Etruria, north of Rome
*Influenced the Romans
-Passed alphabet on to the Romans
-Passed Greek Gods on to the Romans
-Copied Greek battle techniques
-Soothsayers to predict the future
-Slave fights evolved into the Gladiatorial
Games
Greek and Roman Gods
Aphrodite
Ares
Hermes
Poseidon
Zeus
Hephaestus
Cronus
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Jupiter
Vulcan
Saturn
Uranus
Love and Beauty
God of War
Messenger of Gods
God of the Sea
King of the Gods
God of Fire
Father of the main God
Father of the Titans/Sky
Gladiatorial Games
 Gladiator-
person who fights for the
purpose of entertainment
 Gladiator=Gladius (sword)
 Primarily slaves
Reasons Why Rome Wanted
Gladiator Fights
 Romans
liked watching people die
 Romans thought that there gods like
watching gladiator fights also
 When criminals were killed, the gods liked
to see justice done
Types of Gladiators
Retairius • Secutor
- carried a small - wore only a - carrying a large
square shield,
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Thracian
wore either a
full visored
helmet or an
open faced
helmet with a
wide brim, and
carried a
curved
Thracian
sword with an
angled bend in
the blade.
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loin cloth and a
metal shoulderpiece on the
left arm, and
carried a net, a
dagger, and a
trident or fish
harpoon.
oval or
rectangular shield
and a sword or
dagger, leather
bands at the elbow
and wrists and a
round or highvisored helmet.
Andabatae
Catervarii
Dimacheri
Equites
Essedarii
Hoplomachi
Laqueatores
Meridiani
Myrmillo
Ordinarii
Provocator
Retiarius
Samnite
Secutor
Thracian
Weapons
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fascina: harpoon
galea: visored helmet
galerus: metal shoulder piece
gladius: sword
hasta: lance
iaculum: net
manicae: leather elbow or wrist bands
ocrea: metal or boiled leather greave
parma: round shield
scutum: large shield
sica: curved scimitar
subligaculum: loin cloth
Gladiator Information
 Gladiators
were different from Roman
citizens because most of them were
slaves
 Patricians paid for the close up seats,
while the poor got the far seats where it
was hard to see
 Gladiators had to fight for 3-5 years to
earn there freedom
Other Gladiator Information
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Slaves were mostly the people that fought each
other
Gladiators fought wild animals
Gladiators used the armor and weapons that
best fitted them
Romans treated the animals badly and didn’t
feed them.
Usually the gladiator fights were to the death
III. Etruscans and Romans
 616BC
Lucius Tarquinias overthrows
Roman King and takes over Rome
 Etruscan influences
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Arch in building
Sewer system
Alphabet
Gladiatorial games
Triumph
Fasces
Reconstruction of an
Etruscan Temple
Etruscan Cemetery
Etruscan Funeral
& Tomb
Interior of an Etruscan Tomb
Sarcophagus of an
Etruscan Couple
Gladiatorial Games
Roman Aquaduct
Arch Bridge
Suspension Bridge
Design of suspension bridge
Arch
Fasces- symbol of authority
Etruscan tomb
Etruscan vessel
March 5, 120 AD (example)
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Today was an exciting day. I got to go to the Roman Coliseum and
witness the Gladiatorial Games. The Coliseum is the largest arena I have
ever seen. It is oval shaped and seats 50,000 spectators. It has many
different levels with the upper levels reserved for the poor and women.
Lower levels for the rich. It even has a velarium that goes over top to
protect the spectators from the sun. As I took my seat the Gladiators
were paraded around the arena. Before the games began, they bowed
before the Emperor and said “those who are about to die, salute you”.
They showed tremendous respect for the Emperor. The first pair to fight
was a Thracian Gladiator, equipped with a small shield and curved sword
fought against a Retiarri Gladiator, who carried a trident and a net. It was
exciting to watch as the Retiarri used his net to trip up the Thracian and
eventually thrust his trident into his throat, killing him almost instantly.
The spectators went wild when they saw the blood squirting from the
Thracians throat. The games continued on for several hours before
ending. Later on they even had tigers fight against Gladiators. It was
truly an exciting day, and one that I will never forget!