games, entretaiment and rituals of the ancient rome

In the ancient rome gived sort of priority to the games, activities and riuals that developed it to mantein the entretaiment of the people, becouse that was a way of the cesar to mantein the power in the society.

first of all, the roman empire had several forms of play and exercise, such a jumping, wrestling, boxing and racing. Romans also had diferent kind of ball playing such us the handball. women did not participate in these games, because it was concidered a men`s activity, however they made part of the dance group and poetry readings.

a popular form of entretaiment in the rome empire was the gladietorial combats, these battles consist in fought until the death, with a variety of weapons and different scenarios those of one scenarios was the coliseum. one of the rituals of the ancient rome was started in 390 B.C and it based on sacrifies of dozrens of dogs in a ceremony in the capitoline.

to conclude we say that the games and rituals that ancient rome had, it was so violent, because the people found funny the suffer of other people.