The Games and the Colosseum by Matt Melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org Life in the arena! en-us 2016-09-12 03:44:48 UTC 2025-11-18 08:06:36 UTC hello@padlet.com What were these contests called? matt_melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123336257 2016-09-13 04:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123336257 The biggest and best games matt_melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123336416 The Emperors threw the biggest games- Trajan celebrated the conquest of Dacia in AD 108-9 with games lasting 123 days - 9138 gladiators fought and 11000 animals were slain.]]> 2016-09-13 04:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123336416 Emperor Commodus matt_melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123336833  ...once killed 5 hippos, two elephants, a rhino and a giraffe. On another occassion he killed 100 lions and bears in a single show.]]> 2016-09-13 04:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123336833 The different types of Gladiators matt_melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337391 the technical skill of the different fighting styles were popular]]> 2016-09-13 04:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337391 What useful facts can you find from this clip about what actually happened in the colosseum matt_melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337723 2016-09-13 04:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337723 Gladiators were the sex symbols of their day... matt_melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337876 PRIMARY SOURCE Graffiti found at Pompeii
“Celadus [a stage name meaning Crowd’s Roar], thrice victor and thrice crowned, the young girls’ heart-throb, and Crescens the Netter of young girls by night.

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]]> 2016-09-13 04:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337876 Gambling and Blood sport matt_melvin https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337998 men liked blood sport. They like the idea of wanting to see a victor they could identify with; brave, courageous. They also gambled- bet money on the outcome-- HOW COULD YOU INCLUDE THIS IN YOUR SLIDE!]]> 2016-09-13 04:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/matt_melvin/rhvd6ri12org/wish/123337998