Roman gladiators – ancient Roman games – Ancient Rome
Roman gladiators mosaic, from the Borghese estate near Rome (200s AD) Why were there gladiators? Romans liked watching other people die. They thought that was fun, like maybe you think [...]
Roman gladiators mosaic, from the Borghese estate near Rome (200s AD) Why were there gladiators? Romans liked watching other people die. They thought that was fun, like maybe you think [...]
Vomitorium in the Colosseum in Rome(The roof has fallen in.) You might think a vomitorium must have something to do with barfing, and those stories about Romans eating too much and then [...]
Roman Colosseum - the Flavian Amphitheater - in Rome, Italy. Built about 70 AD Vespasian built the Roman Colosseum so people would like him When Vespasian became the new Roman Emperor [...]
The Colosseum - the Flavian Amphitheater - in Rome, Italy. Built in the 70s AD by the emperor Vespasian What were Roman amphitheaters for? Most people have heard of the Colosseum in [...]
The Roman emperor Constantine - the first Christian emperor - had to deal with the Donatists When did the Donatists get started? Almost as soon as Constantine had won the battle [...]
Or you can get this lovely set of wooden blocks to build a Colosseum with A lot of people seem to want to build models of the Roman Colosseum for [...]
African buildings: Hathor temple at Naqa (modern Sudan), ca. 10 AD African buildings in stone In the first centuries AD, African architects kept building more stone buildings, as trade continued to increase, [...]