Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Gladiators were an entertainment to distract people to forget about all of their problems they have. The way this works is that men were forced to fight each other or other animals. Gladiators were slaves, criminals and christians. The way people entertain themselves in modern days is very similar because there is still a lot of violence occurring in entertainment. For example one of the ways we entertain ourselves is by watching t.v because the type of shows we watch are violent. Such as reality shows and we also watch sports such as boxing and NASCAR races. One of the differences between gladiator fights and modern day enterntainment is that there was more blood envolved back then than now.

Gladiators of Ancient Rome
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Entertainment of Modern Day
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By: Kairy Garcia and Randy Garcia

Thursday, January 3, 2008

King Phillip the Second was the king of Macedonia. He conquered Acient Greece, which it was very easy for him because Greece was separated into city-states and it was easy to defeat small armies. King Phillip the Second died at his daughter's wedding, when one of his body guards had stabed him in the back. Then Alexander the Great, his son took over. He continued to conquered new lands such as Egypt, Persia, and India. All this convination that he conquered became a Hellenistic Culture. Alexander was very clever. He had very good techniques to attack others such as the siege tower.

What were the benefits of Alexander's techniques?

King Phillip the Second
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Alxander the Great
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By: Kairy Garcia