Roman Sports
I chose Roman sport because there are many Roman sports all of which
are very interesting. For example chariot racing a violent but
exciting sport. From the name you would imagine a horse and chariot
going round and round a course but it was more than that : they rammed
each other hoping to smash the other racer's chariot. In each lap you
never knew what might happen. I also chose roman sport because I think
gladiatorial fights would have been amazing to see and I know quite a
lot of information on them. Due to my interests in the fights I have
watched many documentaries and read many books on them.
The sports I will write about are gladiatorial fights and chariot
racing. In both I will be discussing the rewards, the dangers, which
people were involved, the many different participants, the equipment
involved and the popularity of each. I will also compare them to
modern sports.
Chariot racing
Stadium
Chariot races were held in places called circuses which they were
called
because of their oval shape. The Circus Maximus was one of the
biggest.
The building was by the time of Emperor Augustus 620 metres long and
140 to 150 metres at its widest point. The fact that it was built in a
valley stretching between two hills gives you an idea of its size. At
first there were no buildings, just a rough sandy track with
provisional markers. The viewers of the races had to sit on the hills
on each side of the track. Eventually as popularity rose they
developed it into a larger venue as can be seen today. It could seat
approximately 150 000 viewers while modern racing venues can support
up to 300 000 sp...
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...a gladiator because
many civilians joined just so they could become famous in Rome. There
is a lot of graffiti in Rome saying how much they liked certain
warriors and there is lots of writing from girls who are writing about
their heartthrobs. In modern times we have boxing matches and
wrestling matches which are both less violent than gladiator fights
but shows that sports with violence are still popular although people
don't like to think so.
Conclusion
I have found out a lot of things I didn’t know: for example that there
were another seven types of gladiator I had never heard of before as
only recently has evidence of their existence been found, how
fanatical people could get about the sports and how many animals were
killed in total. I have found writing this to be more interesting than
I had expected.
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