Hydashgrahams.colosseum

** Colosseums Home, Nero, Roman Roads, Roman Soldier, Roman Slaves **

If you don’t want to get bored in Rome you can go see gladiators fight. This is a bloody game and not for the faint of heart. But it seemed to please everyone. Here are a few things you should know. -Gladiator comes from the Latin root gladiolus which means sword. - The floor of the arena was made out of sand. -The sand helped absorb the blood. - Gladiators would rise from the basement through trap doors. -Most gladiators were slaves or prisoners of war. -The colosseum was decorated with fine statues. - The basement of the arena was where they held the loins, weapons and armor, and the gladiators. -The seats closest to the floor of the arena where for the wealthy.

This is could be related to many things in our time. This could be lion taming or wrestling. It could relate to lion taming because the people tame and mess around with lions. Kind of like the Romans did. This could relate to wrestling because wrestling is fighting each other. Sort of like gladiators but without the swords and killing.