Bread and Circuses - The Development, Symbolism and Representation of Gladiatorial Games

• Main Author: Domazet, Božo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Association of History Students "Toma Arhiđakon" 2023
• Subjects: gladijator; Rimsko Carstvo; umjetnost antike; gladijatorske borbe; amfiteatar; Rim; sami
• Online Access: https://hrcak.srce.hr/ojs/index.php/ishasplitpleter/article/view/26724

The gladiatorial games and the gladiators themselves are an important historical and social topic, with a large curious audience and a multitude of historical works of art. Therefore, the text below brings the main ideas of the origin, beginning and development of gladiatorial fights. Explains types gladiators, as well as gladiators, but also the battle scenarios themselves. The work brings a lot of historical artistic representations and statements that convey many stories. It is a self-examination the beginning and development of gladiatorial games, their cessation, up to modern art and fascination of the same events. Gladijatorske igre i sami gladijatori važna su povijesna i društvena tema, s velikom znatiželjnom publikom i mnoštvom povijesno umjetničkih radova. Stoga, tekst u nastavku donosi glavne ideje podrijetla, početka i razvoja gladijatorskih borbi. Objašnjava vrste gladijatora, kao i gladijatorica, ali i same scenarije borbe. Rad donosi mnoštvo povijesno umjetničkih prikaza i iskaza koje prenose mnoštvo priča. Radi se o pregledu od samog početka i razvoja gladijatorskih igra, njihova prestanka, sve do novovjekovne umjetnosti i fascinacije istih događaja.