Distractions of ancient Rome

In ancient Rome, there were many distractions that the Roman government created so that Romans could not protest about the everyday problems in Rome. The number one distraction was the gladiator fights. The life of a gladiator was very difficult. They were either criminals that were imprisoned or slaves that were captured in wars. They had no choice to fight because if they did not fight, then they would be killed. Gladiator fights were tough. It was the last chance of a second chance in life. If you wanted to become a free man then you have to win every gladiator fight for three years. That was extremely tough because there was a gladiator fight every three days because of Roman holidays (another distraction). If you won your first gladiator fight then you weren't guaranteed to win the next one because you would probably be wounded from the previous battle

Laron McBryde and Maximo Castro

Helleenistic Culture

Hellenistic culture started when King Phillip II conquered ancient Greece. King Phillip had a lot of power in Greece. It seemed like he was untouchable. It was until then, when King Phillip was killed by one of his own bodyguards. There is no record of why the bodyguard killed him. After the death of King Phillip II, his son Alexander the Great took over and continued to follow his father’s dream of taking over the world. He did this by taking over countries like India, Egypt, and Persia. Alexander then united the three countries and it was known as Alexander’s Empire. And that is how Hellenistic culture started.

--Alexander still holds a title record for one of the rulers who had a lot of control of land!!!!!!!


-Laron McBryde