Roman Colosseum Research Paper

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Have you ever wondered why the colosseum was so popular? Well today is the day you are going to find out. You will find why the Romans made the colosseum and “why” it was so entertaining. “Also,” you will see Why the romans did the games. So if you are interested in Rome. Read this essay. There was ship fighting and the people in Rome loved to see people fight. It would have gave them a lot of entertainment like a sport. Also the people liked when the gladiators fight because the gladiators were slaves. People in Rome had slaves, but these slaves “that fought “were from other places. When it was time to fight they would use the slaves for fighting to give entertainment to all. That is why the colosseum was so Popular So the big question …show more content…

Well there was an effect for the building being made. All the people dying. But there was a cause because it gave the Romans a lot of entertainment like sports on TV it was popular for the romans. The big question in this essay is why was the colosseum so popular well, before the colosseum was even made there was no fights for the romans to watch. So when the romans saw the Etruscans playing the games they thought that gives the Etruscans a lot of entertainment. So they took the idea of the games. That solved the romans problem of not having entertainment The Romans were at the colosseum all the time it gave them a lot of entertainment. That was what the big problem was before the Colosseum was built. What was the difference the fights the Romans had? Well there was ship racing and gladiator fights.For the gladiator fights they would take slaves from other places and had them fight animals and even other people. What they did for Water battling was they would take people and they would fight/ race each other in water. What was the same thing between ship racing and fights was someone would always die or get hurt. They would Use slaves for both types of fighting. So that is why the Colosseum was so popular. You probably are thinking that back in ancient times people thought that killing people was entertainment. I dont think anyone will ever know the answer to that. Well I hope you loved my essay and I hope read more

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