Crime, criminal law and order and entertainment

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Crime, criminal law and order and entertainment Entertainment was in service of the state New cloak comedy - -the romans loved equestrian sports, especially chariot race. Circus Maximus " the big circus" Happened at the Palace of Domitian House of the Quadriga [=four-horse chariot] - divided into team and had favorite teams. Emperor Niro favorite team was the greens. Marcus Aurelius Polynices- born a verna slave , one 139 races. Holidays and Games- Ludi (state sponsored games) , used as political tool to by the favour of the people. The success of the government depended on entertainment. Res Publica – responicblity od the aedile to oversee the games Gladitorial fights– groups or individual professional train soldiers who fight in a highly stylized ways. - borrowed from the etrustans. The first gladiator

duels was made by Decimus Iunius Brutus Pera to fight at his father funeral. gladius = sword munera (= privately sponsored games) - used by emporprs to obtain peoples favors Commodus- understood importance of games as an emperor. He appeared in public dressed as Hercules. Appeared in the gladiator ring as a fighter , Cassisus Dio wrote about this. He fought left handed and had an inscription on the ring that told his success. Secutor = “The Chaser" wore heavy helmet with limited vision. The fighters strengths and weaknesses needed to be balanced. Gladiators needed to be paired well. Sector had heavy armor and the reguarus would be nearly naked. Fought in any roman city. “Colosseum is actually called the Amphitheatrum

Flavium , or Flavian Amphitheatre. It was called the colosseum because the Colossus Neronis was placed next to it. Pompeii and Nuceria (59 CE)- Tacitus Annales tells us the people of pompeii and nuceria got into a fight and the army had to come in. Pompeii was banded from hosting games for years. As the power of emperors grew and the people have less power – more games were thrown to distract them. Cassius Dio 66.25- titus held games where cranes fought, elephant died. And a naval battle between three thousand men , which was propaganda to show the power of the state to protect the people. Gladiators were famous but you didn't want your son to be one. Suspirium puellarum Celadus Thraex –galdators had sexual appeal. Aristocratic women hired gladiators to talk , have sex and more and allowed them to indulge in their passions. The gladiators cleaned themselves with olive oil and

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it was scraped off and was sold as an aphrodisiac. Astyanax and Kalendio- strength and power vs speed and agility. Shows how matches were set up. Astyanax won , and then the wining gladiator would stop and the defeated one would appeal for his life , and the winning victor and judge turned to the people for their opinion. They would vote by turned their thumb and then it would be carried out. This would make the people feel like they had power. The defeated gladiator would need to preform and needed to be fearless in death. He would get up to his knees and cooperate and assure the romans of their spirt and the winner would tilt his head back and the blow was delivered. This was to show the romans about courage in death. Then he was taken out on a stretchers and given proper burial. excition were meant as a strong lession to romans. Some people watched ours of it. Marcus Manlius Capitolinus- after saving jupitor he wanted to be king ans was thrown of a cliff and he was displayed.

Tarpeian Rock- popluar killing place for tratiors. Name comes from Tarpeia and the Sabines Brutus oversaw the excution of his son. His sons were beated and had their heads cut off. Displine held rome together. Ceturians would carry out punishment. Decimation – when a unit behaved bad , one in ten was selected and then the nine beat him to dealth. Mass public excutions were common.Crassus Killed all of spartacus's army and displayed them on the appian way Gladiator games with animals were a part of the justice system. Nero During the rein of Agustus - a birth was recorded on ege of rome. It was record in Gospel of Matthew, it was jesus. In Matthew , the christmas story of the wise men who showed up to King herod and asked to find Jesus who was king of the Jewish people. Herod wanted to be the king and he ordered all children of Jesuses age.

During rein of Tiberius , Jesus was excuted.

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