Ancient Roman Sports
Imagine sweat rolling down your back. Your tired, broken, and beat down. This was the typical affect of sports on athletes who lived in ancient Rome. These sports were first developed by the Greeks. Later, the Romans turned sports into a training-type of game for military purposes. According to tribunesandtriumphs.org, " They referred to them as The Games." This soon led to buildings such as the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum to be made. Unlucky slaves were armed and forced to fight to the death. This was the logic of the gladiators. Spectators expected to be amused with extreme violence and gruesome battles. These were the roles that Romans played in The Games of Rome.
Below is a worlde that describes the characteristics of Ancient Roman sports. I chose these words to convey the events, feeling, and destinations where these games took place. The shape was chosen to show the scattered life-style of any athlete or gladiator.
Below is a worlde that describes the characteristics of Ancient Roman sports. I chose these words to convey the events, feeling, and destinations where these games took place. The shape was chosen to show the scattered life-style of any athlete or gladiator.
The Life and teachings of Jesus Christ
The life and teachings of Jesus Christ always revolved around His Father- God and it still does today. In the city of Galalee, a young couple had just started to live together and wanted to bare a child. One night, the Angle Gabriel appeared to the mother Mary and decreed that a baby would be born. She would call him Jesus and he would preach the word of God to all who would hear. They traveled on a donkey to the city of Bethlehem. In little time, the couple had a son. Even as a child, he stumped the elders with his knowledge about God. Mary and Joseph raised him and when he was old enough, he left to find his followers. He went from city to city just talking to people about the kingdom of God. Pharisees and Saducees did not like the what Jesus preached. He did this until the age of 33 when he was sentenced to die by crucifixion.
Below is a pictoword that has significance in every letter of the name Jesus. In the J you will find the cross where He was crucified. Moving to the E, it resembles the spine of a Holy Bible. Next comes the S. The bottom of the S is the unleavened loaf of bread that Jesus and His disciples ate in the Last Supper. The U embodies the bottom of His robe that he wore. Finally, the S is the rode that Mary and Joseph traveled on to Bethlehem while Mary was pregnant with baby Jesus. The border is the name Jesus written in different ways to show His diversity in the way He taught people about the Lord.
The Jews Under Roman Rule
The history of the Jews in the Roman Empire traces the interaction of Jews and Romans during the period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – AD 476). Jews, primarily from Western Asia, and Ancient Romans are ancient ethnic groups. Their cultures began to overlap in the centuries just before the Christian Era. Jews, as part of the Jewish diaspora, migrated to Rome from Alexandria. The Roman general Pompey in his eastern campaign established the Roman province of Syria in 64 BC and conquered Jerusalem in 63 BC. Julius Caesar conquered Alexandria c. 47 BC and defeated Pompey in 45 BC. Under Julius Caesar, Judaism was officially recognised as a legal religion, a policy followed by first Roman emperor Augustus. Herod the Great was designated ‘King of the Jews’ by the Roman Senate in c. 40 BC, the Roman province of Egypt was established in 30 BC, and Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea were converted to the Roman province of Judaea in 6 AD. Jewish-Roman tensions resulted in several Jewish–Roman wars, 66-135 AD, which resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple.
Roman Virtues and belifes
Personal Virtues are the qualities of life to which every Citizen (and, ideally, everyone else) should aspire. The Romans used these as sort of goals that everyone should strive to meet. Simple phrases were used and had special meanings. In all, there were about 15 staple "rules". However, it was always a growing list. They are the heart of the Roman Way and are thought to be those qualities which gave the Roman Republic the moral strength to conquer and civilize the world. Today, they are the rods against which we can measure our own behavior and character, and we can strive to better understand and practice them in our everyday lives.
Below is a collage on the Roman virtues and beliefs. I made this collage by typing over a picture. These virtues are some of the many that the Romans made for themselves.
Christanity in the roman Empire
Christianity eventually blossomed in Rome, but that was not always so. When Christianity was new, Christians were hunted as criminals. They refused to worship Roman gods and that was against the law. Even though Christianity was against the law, its numbers or followers grew rapidly. Christians were always trying to convert people. While some Christians were rich, most of the converts in Rome were from the poorer section. There were two reasons for this.
First, Christians promised that if you lived your life right you went to heaven when you died. In the other Roman religion, only the gods could live in heaven. Everyone else was consigned to the underworld. Second, every Christian considered themselves equal to every other Christian. There was no nobility or higher caste. In 313 CE, Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made Christianity legal. Under his leadership, Christians could no longer be arrested just for being Christian. After a fairly short period of time, Christianity became the dominate religion of Rome. After that, it became the law that you must be Christian to be a citizen of Rome.
First, Christians promised that if you lived your life right you went to heaven when you died. In the other Roman religion, only the gods could live in heaven. Everyone else was consigned to the underworld. Second, every Christian considered themselves equal to every other Christian. There was no nobility or higher caste. In 313 CE, Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made Christianity legal. Under his leadership, Christians could no longer be arrested just for being Christian. After a fairly short period of time, Christianity became the dominate religion of Rome. After that, it became the law that you must be Christian to be a citizen of Rome.