点评:The Coliseum
The Romans loved their entertainment. I discovered, as a result of Gladitorial games, The Atlas bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri), Africa's only native bear species, was driven to extinction.
Flamma (lit. The Flame) was a Syrian gladiator under the Roman Empire during the reign of Hadrian. He was one of the most famous and successful gladiators of his time.
Flamma was awarded the rudius, or wooden sword that granted freedom, four times; but, each time he refused this freedom and chose to remain a gladiator. The number of fights Flamma engaged in is a lot higher than most gladiators. Many have lower numbers like Purricina Iuvenus who fought 5 times or Glaucus of Modena who fought 7 times. Flamma had fought 34 times and won 21 of them.
Julius Caesar gets blamed for the widespread proliferation of gladiator games. He had decided that pleasing the public with more games made himself more popular. It wasn’t always slaves, criminals, and prisoners of war who made up the gladiator population. There are apparently instances where the patrician(upper wealthy) class would become a gladiator. I think this might explain why “the gladiator” became so glorified. Three out of every five gladiators ended up losing their lives in the arena.
翻译:罗马斗兽场
罗马人酷爱娱乐。我发现,由于角斗士比赛,非洲唯一的本土熊种——阿特拉斯熊(Ursus arctos crowtheri)——最终走向了灭绝。
弗拉玛(意为“火焰”)是罗马帝国哈德良统治时期的一位叙利亚角斗士。他是当时最著名、最成功的角斗士之一。
弗拉玛曾四次被授予象征自由的木剑(rudius),但他每次都拒绝了这份自由,选择继续做一名角斗士。弗拉玛的战斗次数远超大多数角斗士。许多角斗士的战斗次数都比他少,例如普里西纳·尤文努斯只战斗了5次,摩德纳的格劳库斯也只战斗了7次。而弗拉玛则战斗了34次,赢得了其中的21场。
尤利乌斯·凯撒被认为是角斗士比赛盛行的罪魁祸首。他认为,通过举办更多比赛来取悦公众可以提升自己的声望。角斗士并非总是由奴隶、罪犯和战俘组成。显然,也有一些情况下,贵族(上层富裕阶层)会成为角斗士。我认为这或许可以解释为什么“角斗士”这个职业如此受人追捧。五分之三的角斗士最终都会在竞技场上丧命。