HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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their language, Latin
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architecture
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their baths
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gladiator fights
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Romans were influenced by their predecessors in Italy, the Etruscans, in many ways. For example, in the use of animal sacrifice for divining the future, the use of the symbolic fasces and organising gladiatorial games.
Detailed explanation-2: -The gladiator battles that pitted armed combatants against one another in brutal but often highly choreographed duels to the death were by far the most popular kind of entertainment that unfolded in the Colosseum.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Colosseum played host to a notorious form of entertainment in ancient times – the Gladiatorial battle – where Gladiators would fight for their freedom and their lives, in front of a packed crowd inside the Colosseum.
Detailed explanation-4: -The notion of gladiators originated with the Etruscans, who preceded the Romans in central Italy. Among the Etruscans, when a leader died, as part of the funeral ceremony, a pair of warriors sometimes fought to the death to honor his warlike spirit.
Detailed explanation-5: -A gladius sword, one of the common weapons of the gladiators. A pugio, the term given to this small leaf shaped dagger used by some gladiators. A gladiator using a trident, the common weapon of the retarius gladiator. More items