Assignment on the Colosseum
October 10, 2012 at 10:00 pm
(This post was last modified: October 10, 2012 at 10:01 pm by FallentoReason.)
I have to write a 2000 word essay on what the Colosseum tells us about the culture of the people that built it. I've really been looking forward to this and thought it would be a piece of cake. I thought that after reading extensively about it the 2000 words would just flow out. That hasn't quite happened and after touching on every point I've researched so far I've only got 1300 words! These are the topics I've covered:
Are there any other areas you can think of that would be worthy of discussing? Or maybe in other words, what would you like to find out about the Colosseum (that hopefully relates back to the culture of the time)?
- When it was built and by whom.
- The possible reasons for building it.
- How the name was actually derived.
- The significance the building had according to Martial the poet.
- The connection between myth and spectacles resembling these myths.
- Emperors playing the role of a gladiator.
- The social status of the gladiator.
- The fascination women had for gladiators.
Are there any other areas you can think of that would be worthy of discussing? Or maybe in other words, what would you like to find out about the Colosseum (that hopefully relates back to the culture of the time)?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
