Friday, March 26, 2010

Ancient Rome Tour

http://docs.google.com/a/mercymackay.qld.edu.au/leaf?id=0Bwwg6Qc3FihmYmZlMmZkMjctZWUyYi00NDFjLWI1MTUtMjBkNmU3MGM2YjI3&hl=en

This is the link that I copied from Google docs I'm not sure if this is what you meant but I hope it is.

This is my tour from Google Earth - it has a commentary and follows the tour.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

TOUR



Thank you for joining me on a tour of modern Rome, throughout this fascinating tour we will discover much about Ancient Rome etertainment. Form gladiatorial fights to animals death matches.



Ancient Rome citizens were truly bloodthirsty. entertainment was a big part of Ancient Rome. Romans would take captive thousands of animals from exotic places. the animals were captured and forced to attack and kill.



Animals were not alone in fighting for pleasure of the audience gladiators would fight both against animals and people. Gladiators were generally prisoners, slaves and volunteers.



Comming up on your right you will see the famoured colsuem. The COlisuem could hold 50,000 spectators. Public events such as gladitorial batlles, animals mascures and charriot races just to name afew entertaniment was a essential part of ancient rome. gladitoral fights and animal combat which was cruel in our standtards today was of most popular after chariot racing. chariot racing was the oldest and most popluar. The colusuem ot flavuim ampthitre built in the reign of emperor vespasiano 72AD and dedicated in 80AD by his son titus. Today the colusueim is one of the most famous land marks and tourest attractions. the site chosen to build the colsuem was a flat area

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

TOUR



Thank you for joining me on a tour of Mondern Rome, thrughout this fascinating tour we will discover much about Ancient Rome Entertaniment. From Gladitorial battles to Animal death matches.



Ancient Rome citizains were truely bloodthirsty. Entertaniment was a big part of Ancient rome. Romans would take captive thousands of animaals from exotic places. the animals were captured and forced to fight, attack and kill.



ANimals were not aklone in fighting for the pleasure of the auidiance Gladiators would fight both against animals and people. Gladiators were generally prisonners, slaves and voolunteers.



Comming up on your right you will see the famoured colisuem. The collisuem could hold 50,000 spectartors. Public events such as gladitorial battles, animal mascers and charriot races just to name afew. Entertaniment was an essential part of Ancient Rome. Gladitorial fights and animal combat which was cruel to our standtards today, the most poplular of entertaniment.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Tuesday 16th - 10th Blog




REFLECTION

I have now caught up with the blogs I had lost. I had found it very frustrating losing my Blogs but now that I have finished i can get started on my Google Earth tour once again.

INFORMATION

Ludius Matuius was a training facility used to train Gladiators. Built in the reign of Domitian in 51-96AD, in the area of the Coliseum. The training area trained animals hunters and animal fighters.

Beast Fighters or bestiari were often criminals and were not trained well enough to stand a chance against animals.

Beast fighters and animal hunters were very different although commonly confused.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Tuesday 16th - 9th Blog




REFLECTION

I have edited my Google Earth Tour and I'm ready to complete the Tour via Google Earth. I feel this weekend i will be very busy

INFORMATION

Circus Maximus

The Circus Maximus was an Ancient Rome Chariot racing stadium. It was the first Chariot racing stadiums and the largest. The Circus is positioned in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine Hills. The Stadium could hold 1/4 of Romes population which was close to 250,000 people. It was 621m in length and 118m in width. Before the Stadium was rebuilt it was made of wood.

Tuesday 16th - 8th Blog

REFLECTION

After losing three of my Blogs I'm finding it difficult to retrace what I had written on my other Blogs. I have lost three of my blogs and a large variety of primary source information. I now must complete my blogs before i can restart on Google Earth Tour, this has been very frustrating in losing my blogs.

INFORMATION

Stadium of Domitian

The Stadium of Domitian also known as the Circus Agonalis. Agon translating to games in the English language also the the word of agony. The Stadium of Domitian was a major sports venue positioned to the North of Campus Martius in Rome. The Stadium was commissioned around 80AD by the Emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus as a gift to the people of Rome. The stadium is 160m long and well under ground level. Although the Stadium was built to hold games it is unlikely that Chariot races were held. The Stadium was built around the time the Palace of Domitian.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Monday 15th - 9th Blog


REFLECTION

I have now completed my 4th site for the Tour on Google earth 5. So far in the tour I have not found anything overly difficult. Im looking forwad to get started on the tour.

INFORMATION


As you can see in the Moziac above that Ancient Rome Gladitorial Fights were held, this Moziac has proved that Gladitorial fights were held against people. The Two men in the Mozaic above are wearing diffrent outfits showing that there were many tyes of Gladiators.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Tuesday 9th - 6th Blog

REFELECTION

I have begun my tour with Google earth and the assesment task is showing very exciting. I can see that the tour is the more difficult than I thought but yet very creative.
INFORMATION

Clothing

Clothing was a designed to show the status of its wearer, Roman clothing signified rank from Emperor to Plebian. Clothing also signified authority.

  • Clothing for men- Men wore toga's or tunic's.
  • Clothing for women- Women wore Stola's.

Firstly Men and Women wore very simular clothing; A Tunic. Sandels were worn by all and very popular in Rome.

Monday 8th - 5th Blog

REFLECTION

My Blogs have started to show more evidence of the assesment task forming. Im yet to begin the tour itself but I have planned it out and Iam ready to begin.

INFORMATION

Gladiators

The Emperor Augustus once said:
'I gave a gladiatorial show three times in my own name, and five times in my sons or grandsons; at these shows about 10,000 fought.'

Gladiators were generally criminals; prisnoers of war, slaves. Gladiators who were condemned of murder would go to battle without weapons. When criminals had committed other crimes they would be trained in special gladitorial schools, called ludi. Criminals would earn their freedom after 3-5 years of combat, although few survived 3-5 years.

Professional Gladiators were men who volunteered to fight in Roman games. Gladiators were paid each time they would fight.

Gladiators consisted of:

  • Samnite- This included a large oblong sheild, a metal or boiled leather grieve on the left leg, a visored helmet and a sword.
  • Thracian- This included an ocrea on both legs, a small sheild, a wide brim helmet and a curved sword.
  • Securor- This included leather bands at the elbow and wrists, a helmet, sword or dagger whilst being naked.
  • Retiarius- This included wearing only a loin cloth, metal shoulder piece on the left arm and carrying a net(fisherman).
  • laquearii- This gladiator was very simular to the Retiarius but instead of a net a lasso.