Colosseum: A Gladiator’s Story



Colosseum: A Gladiator’s StoryDirections: Watch the short film “Colosseum: A Gladiator’s Story” and answer the questions in the guide.Obj: Explain who the gladiators were and why they were important in the Roman EmpireWhat year was the territorial peak of Rome? ________________In what year does the story take place? _________________The name of the gladiator who the story is about: _______________________How does Verus become a slave? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe what Verus is helping build:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why does Verus fight his fellow slave? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Who were the gladiators? Why did they become gladiators?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why is the “wooden sword” important to a gladiator?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What kinds of weapons did gladiators use? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________True or False: Most gladiator fights would end with one of the two fighters dead. ______Who had to pay the price for a gladiator killed in the arena? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How did medicine benefit from wounded gladiators? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How was the price of a gladiator’s funeral often paid? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What were the animals fed to prepare them for the games? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How many days & nights did the fires burn at Rome in 80 AD? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What other catastrophic event had happened just the year before? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How did the Roman people interpret these two events? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How many days of games were held at the opening of the Colosseum? __________________Describe how you got a ticket to the Colosseum and who sat where:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why would the wild animals sometimes not fight? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________< What does this mean in the Colosseum?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Discussion question: What modern sport/athlete is most like gladiators? How are the two similar? How are the two different? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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