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Home Daily Life in the Roman Empire = The Roman Empire Entertainment = The Romans like a lot of different entertainment. They liked every thing from gladiators and chariot races to comedy and tragedy plays. The amphitheater held the gladiator games. The Amphitheater was filled with sand to soak up all the blood from the victims of the killers (PBS). The theater that held the plays were built a special way so that when the actor spoke the person way in the back could hear them. The gladiators where the most violent people in Rome because they killed people to earn money. The gladiator games lasted the whole day. During the first part of the day they fought against wild animals, midday they had public execution, and then the event every body has been waiting for Gladiator against Gladiator (Think quest). There are five types of gladiators the Murmillos, Retiaritus, Samnite, Thracin, and Hoplomches. The Murmillos are the best and strongest gladiators they have a big shield, sword, and a fish like helmet. The Retiaritus are the bravest type of gladiator they had a trident and a dagger, a net, and a light shoulder guard. Samnite are the middle class gladiators more of a first time gladiator they are supplied with a utilized sword and an oblong shield. The thracin are right above the hoplomches. They had a curved scimitar and a small round shield. Every thing changed when a new type of gladiator came in to the gladiator games. The Romans are about as enthusiastic about chariot racing as Americas is about racing cars (Forman 30). There are 4 teams in chariot racing. They are The Reds, Greens, Whites, and the Blues. Most Romans favored the Green and the Blue team (Forman 30). The chariot races were heavily gambled on. Most of the chariot racers are killed by the violence or retire when they are on top. The racers were treated as if they where heroes and got paid like pop stars. We can say Chariot racing is one of the most loved sports in ancient Rome. Theater was a very popular past time in ancient Rome. The Roman people loved the comedies and the tragedies the most. All actors where played by men slaves, even the women parts. The typical characters of a play in ancient Rome are a rich man, a king, a salve, a solider, young man and a young woman that is usually played by a man (Think quest). The ways to tell the characters apart from each other are the type pf mask and the color of the their wings. The old man has gray wings, the young boy has black wings, and the slave has red wings. All social levels are aloud to attend the plays because they had free addition and that’s unheard of in America. The roman entertainment is not that different from ours today .We have football that is like gladiators except for the killing part and car racing and the movies. Forman, Joan. __The Romans__. New York: Madonal and Educational Ltd, 1975. (Forman 30) Coleman, Kathleen. "Gladiators: Heroes of the Roman Amphitheatre." 08-19-2003 1-4. 3 Dec 2008 . http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/gladiators_04.shtml (Coleman (BBC)) "Daily Life, Entertainment." __Daily life__. 1998-1999. Think Quest. 3 Dec 2008 . (Think quest) http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/entertainment.htm "Chariot Races." __The Roman Empire In the First Century__. 2006. PBS. 3 Dec 2008 . http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/chariot.html