Are you not entertained?!

Oberon · 02-24-15, 12:58 PM

Meanwhile in Australia, Gladiator fights may be making a come-back:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-te...ture-fighting/

Betonov · 02-24-15, 01:10 PM

No animals involved (send in the drones !!!!) and voluntary ????

HELL YEAH

Aktungbby · 02-24-15, 01:14 PM

always! ooops sorry

AND: this being a diehard (did I say that) naval forum...

Betonov · 02-24-15, 01:20 PM

My name is Bruce, commander of the Armies of Nullarbor plains, General of the Kangaroo Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE prime minister, John Curtin. Owner to a murdered dingo, husband to a bored wife. And I will have my Foster, in this life or the next.

Oberon · 02-24-15, 01:20 PM

Oh dear, that pic has a myth in it there. The Thumbs down and up gesture.
Generally it was a flat palm or a closed fist.

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Contrary to popular belief, the emperor did not give a thumbs up or down for a gladiator as a signal to kill his enemy. The emperor (and only the emperor) would give an open or closed hand – if his palm was flat, it meant “spare his life”, if it was closed, it meant “kill him”. If a gladiator killed his opponent before the emperor gave his permission, the gladiator would be put on trial for murder, as only the emperor had the right to condemn a man to death. In the image above we see this myth in action.

http://listverse.com/2008/05/05/top-...ut-the-romans/

Aktungbby · 02-24-15, 01:30 PM

^ Well I knew that! but wanted to enable you to pontifex maximus latina as OP in your own thread! Forgive my 'vulgar' latin!

Oberon · 02-24-15, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

^ Well I knew that! but wanted to enable you to pontifex maximus latina as OP in your own thread! Forgive my 'vulgar' latin!

Ave!

One cannot deny the beauty of Roman architecture.

Aktungbby · 02-24-15, 02:13 PM

AND I thought my humor was arch!

Catfish · 02-24-15, 03:22 PM

^

^^ Above @Oberon: Isn't that Aqaeduct near New York ?

Oberon · 02-24-15, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

^

^^ Above @Oberon: Isn't that Aqaeduct near New York ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_du_Gard

Aktungbby · 02-24-15, 03:43 PM

the photo was nice but I'm trying to raise the cultural level here in the thread!

mapuc · 02-24-15, 03:47 PM

What is historical correct?

Saw a history program about these Gladiators and in this program, a historian said that these pictures of the empire or the people stretching their hands out with the thumbs down was incorrect...the correct procedure-according to this historian-was the thumb near the throat and going from the one side to the other

Markus

Aktungbby · 02-24-15, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

What is historical correct? Markus

Well you're probably right but when having fun at

our options are limited:

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mapuc · 02-24-15, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Well you're probably right but when having fun at

our options are limited:

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Of course-let the imagination flow

Markus

Rhodes · 02-24-15, 05:23 PM

Gladiators were almost like the football player of our time, cost and value great. Losing one is almost a losing Ronaldo, Messi, etc. And the "owners"/sponsors were not very please if that happened.
Of course, the condemned men were to fight to the death or be kill in it.
I am sorry, but I am talking about memory, I have a great book about Gladiators, with great explanations about the first games and so on, the first classes of it and the new ones that began to emerge.
The ones that only fought beast, the several variations of the games/fights. Have to look for it and post here the link or cover.

Fun fact about Commodus, he loved to be a gladiator, who can not like a ruler that decapitated running ostrich with arrows?

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,006 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant" always! ooops sorry AND: this being a diehard (did I say that) naval forum... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,006 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	^ Well I knew that! but wanted to enable you to pontifex maximus latina as OP in your own thread! Forgive my 'vulgar' latin! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,006 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	AND I thought my humor was arch! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,006 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	the photo was nice but I'm trying to raise the cultural level here in the thread! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	What is historical correct? Saw a history program about these Gladiators and in this program, a historian said that these pictures of the empire or the people stretching their hands out with the thumbs down was incorrect...the correct procedure-according to this historian-was the thumb near the throat and going from the one side to the other Markus

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,517 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Gladiators were almost like the football player of our time, cost and value great. Losing one is almost a losing Ronaldo, Messi, etc. And the "owners"/sponsors were not very please if that happened. Of course, the condemned men were to fight to the death or be kill in it. I am sorry, but I am talking about memory, I have a great book about Gladiators, with great explanations about the first games and so on, the first classes of it and the new ones that began to emerge. The ones that only fought beast, the several variations of the games/fights. Have to look for it and post here the link or cover. Fun fact about Commodus, he loved to be a gladiator, who can not like a ruler that decapitated running ostrich with arrows? __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/