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Ancient Roman Gladiators: Heroes or Victims?

You will be researching Ancient Roman Gladiators and investigating multiple perspectives on the lives of the gladiators. Your research task is to develop a stance or opinion regarding whether or not gladiators were victims or heroes, as well as to expand your knowledge on the history and culture of Ancient Rome. There are a variety of articles as well a video and interactive site. Researching a topic not only expands your understanding of a topic or other related topics, helps you evaluate an issue from multiple perspectives, and also enables you to effectively cite evidence for supporting an argument.

This article is about the downfalls of being a gladiator [] This interactive text asks students to step into the shoes of a gladiator [] This article is about who became gladiators, the various types that existed, where they lived, how they trained, the rules of the fight, and what ancient people thought of them [] An article from the Women of Action Network on female gladiators and the necessity of this choice --note the issue of slant/credibility []

This article takes the stance that gladiator fights perpetuated violence []

For Further Research This article looks at how a German archaeologist has deciphered the great stadium's complex stagecraft for entertainment [] This article presents the history of how gladiator fights came to be and how they are different from what we see in modern day movies [] This article shares the effects of the Colosseum, both positive and negative. [] [] This interactive text asks students to step into the shoes of a gladiator [] This article is about who became gladiators, the various types that existed, where they lived, how they trained, the rules of the fight, and what ancient people thought of them [] An article from the Women of Action Network on female gladiators and the necessity of this choice --note the issue of slant/credibility []

This article takes the stance that gladiator fights perpetuated violence []

For Further Research This article looks at how a German archaeologist has deciphered the great stadium's complex stagecraft for entertainment [] This article presents the history of how gladiator fights came to be and how they are different from what we see in modern day movies [] This article shares the effects of the Colosseum, both positive and negative. []

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