Culture+&+Traditions

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= **Sports and Entertainment** =

The city of Rome had a drill ground for Roman soldiers named the Campus, it was located near the Tiber river. Julius Caesar and Augustus were have said to have frequented the Campus when it later became a track and field playground. In the campus, kids would play and exercise. Activities included, jumping, wrestling, boxing, racing, riding, throwing, and swimming.

If you live in the countryside pastimes were fishing and hunting. Handball, field hockey, and a form of soccer were all played by ancient Romans.


 * Board games included:
 * Dice
 * Chess
 * Checkers
 * Tic-tac-toe
 * a form of backgammon
 * jacks

The adult crowd was into chariot races, musical and theatrical performances, public executions, and gladiatorial combat. There were occasions when the Colosseum floor would be flooded to hold mock naval battles.

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= ﻿Ancient Roman Art (continued...) =

Roman artists were interested in portraiture; They liked to make statues that looked liked one particular person. The people of Rome believed that having a good image of somebody's face was important to keeping their ghost happy after they died so they wouldn't haunt you.

As the Roman's started conquering Greece their art style changed. They would march through the Greeks homes and see all the beautiful art they made. They realized they wanted that to. So they stole and payed for many greek pieces and brought them back home. They also brought back Greek sculptors, as slaves, to make more art for them.



The **//Altar of Peace//** shows a lot of influence from Greek art in the fancy swirls on the front, in the frieze which is so much like the Parthenon frieze, and in the meanders underneath the frieze.

// **Discobolus** ~ His pose is said to be unnatural to a human, and today considered a rather inefficient way to throw the discus. //

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