Ancient roman sports |
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Sports had a essential part in the Roman Empire. The Romans had ritual nature of Greek sports into a spectator entertainment. Greek and Roman sports were heavily male. Roman sports were played in villas. The structures were gymnasia and palaestrae. The rich hosted sports that were for wealth. The gymnasium was built by Nero. They made amphitheaters. They had big racetracks and football fields. The racetracks and football fields helped make roman strong with wealth and power. The amphitheater in London got excavated. The seating capacity of the amphitheater had a capacity of 6,000 people. The city was built for 20,000 residents so that's why it was a big amphitheaters. The colosseum in Rome was the biggest colosseum in architect and engineering. It was built by the emperor Vespasian. The mega-stadium held 50,000 people. The sports were free for the public people. The most popular sports was gladiator battles. It was the most bloodiest and brutal of all sports. Gladiator battles lasted 10-15 minutes. A gladiator had a lifespan of 20-30 years.
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