● representations of the Roman games – ancient and/or modern (ACHAH061, ACHAH062)
● the geographical and historical context, including:
– the origins of the Roman games (ACHAH059)
– the location of amphitheatres in the Roman world (ACHAH059)
● the range of sources, including:
– amphitheatres, eg the Flavian amphitheatre, Circus Maximus and provincial amphitheatres
– frescoes, mosaics, tomb epitaphs, graffiti, armour, weapons, tombs
– ancient sources, eg Seneca, Juvenal, Martial (ACHAH060)
● the nature of the Roman games as revealed through the sources, including:
– depictions of gladiators and charioteers
– the types of gladiators and features of entertainment, eg mock naval battles
– the nature of armour and weaponry – metallurgy, fighting techniques, body protection
technology, medicine and the treatment of wounds (ACHAH125, ACHAH130)
– gladiators and chariot racing in Roman culture: free/slaves, revolts, eg the War of Spartacus
– the political role of the Roman games: the emperor, senate, ‘bread and circuses’, the people,
the might of Rome (ACHAH059, ACHAH061)