HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION: RESEARCH PROJECT ANCIENT HISTORY (i) Historical Investigation Questions Essay question: Assess the influence of Spartacus on the outbreak and overall result of the Third Servile War Enquiry questions: - Who was Spartacus? His biographical details, background & origin? - What contributions did he make during the Third Servile War? - What were some major achievements in his lifetime? How did he come to power?
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Everything you need to know about Gladiators A gladiator was a professional fighter who fought in arenas for entertainment. They specialised with weapons and fought in a arena with animals or other human beings. Most of the time a fight ended with a death. All the killing made gladiators have a very short life expectancy. The job of a gladiator was a very popular one. The Romans got the idea of Gladiators from Italy. Italy would organise gladiatorial like games. The Etruscans would make
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Derek Ajamian The different topics in the movie weren’t all accurate. Back then gladiators were supposed to make it believable but no actually kill each other. Also the pointing of a thumb down or up was changed in the movie then it really was. Another difference was some of the men had good bodies and weren’t plump or chubby. I think this movie is very believable. Hollywood added the drama between the crazy emperor and Maximus. Maximus was sold into slavery and back then Gladiators did that
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In Spartacus, the Romans and their empire are portrayed in a mainly negative way. They are painted as the villians of this story and as the opposers to the film’s hero, Spartacus. Rome and it’s citizens were predominantly represented by the ruthless senators that made it there ultimate goal to stop the progression of Spartacus and his army. However, that does not meant that the empire was without its bright sports within. In the first senate scene, starting at 00:58:02, the shot opens to the camera
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In The Jugurthine War, Sallust describes the Roman military leaders that are sent to fight against the Numidian king, Jugurtha, to make a political point about the corruption and immoral nature of the roman elite. Sallust includes speeches made by Adherbal to the roman senate, Gaius Memmius to a plebian crowd and Jugurtha to the roman senate in his work the Jurgurthine war. Sallust intended for his history of the Jurgurthine War for the entire of roman society especially the middle and lower class
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Roman Gladiators Long ago, in the Roman Empire, there were people called gladiators. Gladiators were slaves, criminals, and volunteers who fight each other to the death for entertainment. Roman gladiators were mostly men, sometimes there were female gladiators. They trained very hard to fight in the arena. Roman gladiators trained for arena fights by getting in very good physical shape, learning how to die, and learning how to use weapons. To be able to do anything, Roman gladiators had
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Peer’s Critique Feedback COMM/110 Peers Critique Feedback Peer review would refer to the many habits in which peers can share their creativity for constructive feedback then uses that feedback to revise and improve their work. The writing process, the modification is necessary as the draft of presenting, but peers often feel that they could not let go of their original words for introducing. Peers offer productive feedback, accept constructive criticism. Methods on critiques a presentation
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biographical critique. In my opinion the vast majority of the other critiques read as though the author was simply trying to find examples for that particular type of critique where there was probably very little intentioned meaning behind it. Some of the meaning behind the game that was analyzed seemed as though it was forced. The biographical critique, however, analyzes the author’s intent behind the game using quotes from the author himself. This lends more authority to the critique and prevented
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opportunity for you to observe and critique a presentation in a formal manner using the canons of rhetoric as a framework. Instructions 1. Carefully listen to and view the assigned presentation for this assignment. Review your professor’s announcements for the specific presentation(s) for this assignment. 2. Write an introductory section that gains the audience’s attention, gives a sense of your overall impression of the presentation, and sets up the rest of your critique. 3. Write a section about
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E. Defintion of Terms Assess - to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation. Critique - is an in-depth analysis of a work, where in the end different components of that work are given recommendations for improvement. Critiques are perhaps most popular in the working world. Colleague - is someone you work with at your job. When you are a teacher, the other teachers are your colleagues. When you work as a cashier at 7-11, the guy at the deli counter is
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