![]() The most beloved sport in Rome was the gladiator contest-a violent spectacle that was literally used as a means of the death penalty in their society. One that made boxing and Pankration, the 'heavy events' of the ancient Olympics, look gentle or, at least, safer. And of course, famously, the Romans became obsessed with another type of fighting entertainment. Rome, over the course of its history from republic to empire, to its eventual fall, assimilated the fighting sports of Greece and Eturia, to name a few, to produce a hyper-violent rendition of boxing, wrestling, and the Pankration. Sport was one of the many things that Romans appropriated from the lands it conquered and then made its own. As Rome amassed more land and peoples, it also took on many of the customs of the cultures it now controlled. to 5th century C.E., was a vast state that spanned continents. Rome, the epicenter of the world from 8th century B.C.E. ![]() From Ridley Scott's Gladiator, to HBO's short-lived, Rome, and STARZ Spartacus, Roman history, or at least, Hollywood's version of Roman history, continues to fascinate people, long after the empire's fall. ![]() Ancient Roman culture may be one of the most heavily replicated historical fantasies in Hollywood.
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