Games And Riots

Question 1

Origins, evolution and growth of gladiatorial games

Answer 1

Military 
Funeral games 
Greek influence 
Republican growth
Imperial explosion

Question 2

Violent reminders - Keith Hopkins

Answer 2

“Gladiatorial games and public executions reaffirmed the moral order” (murderous games: gladiatorial contests in Ancient Rome)

Question 3

The games

Answer 3

Integral part of magistracies across the empire
Editores - game givers
Emperors put on many games
They communicate with people and cultivate flavour

Question 4

Early spaces for the games

Answer 4

The forum

The circus maximus

Question 5

The colosseum

Answer 5

Amphitheatrum flavium
72-80 AD
Vespasian, Titis, Domitian
50,000 capacity

Question 6

Participants

Answer 6

Professionals
POWs
Criminals

Question 7

Sporting heroes

Answer 7

Lacerta

Scorpus

Question 8

Sports and politics

Answer 8

Provides a link from bottom to top
Carefully regulated by Augustus
A place to express feelings

Question 9

Why is Rome the riot capital of the ancient world?

Answer 9

Size
Imperial capital
Residence of the emperor

Question 10

Causes of riots

Answer 10

Economic conditions - famine, taxation..
Unpopular public figures
Personal decisions of the emperor 
Real or imagined in justice 
Intra-city rivalries