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Ancient Rome Page Review

• The Ancient Rome Wikipedia page starts with a brief overview of the entire empire. From the beginning of its existence as a city to its reign that conquered most of known world. It gives statistics and facts of the empire and also provides names of leaders and specific areas that the empire covered.
• As you read more and more on page, It has a specific headings of all the different reigns of the leaders and some of the wars. I believe that the article does a good job by giving all these examples in such detail to the page. It starts with the founding myth of Romulus and Remus and goes through different rulers and times of the empire like triumvirates and finishes with the fall of the Roman Empire. The article is neutral as it just gives facts and events of the empire and does not sway to any side and it is not bias. The links do work and there is no sign of plagiarism or poorly done paraphrasing.

Review of Gladiator Page (1/2)

• There were many different sources used in the article
• The Gladiator page does a good job of starting with origins of gladiators, and then subsequently goes through the development of them. This being an interesting topic, i like how the article gives insight on how they were treated, what their religious habits were, and the deaths of the gladiators.
• I did not find any biases.
• Used neutral sources
• The gladiator page was not bias towards any side. I enjoyed reading this article and learning more about them. The fact-based insights given were interesting as they approached many different areas of the gladiator.

Review on Roman Law (2/2)

• No not each fact had its own source as there was only one source within the entire page
• I did not notice any punishments of the lawbreakers or the actual laws of the twelve tables
• No biases
• Mainly use of neutral sources
• No info out of date, but as i mentioned earlier that there should have been some punishments and specification of the twelve tables
• Encyclopedic if fact based, with no bias towards any side of the facts. Persuasive includes facts but facts that are trying to construe ones feeling towards the topic.

Addition to Roman Amphitheatre

For my Project I am adding to the article of Roman Amphitheaters by focusing on other Roman amphitheaters that are missing. This article is missing a section that i will create on the biggest Roman amphitheatres by creating five different subsections on the five biggest Roman Amphitheatres.

Draft for Roman Amphitheatre

Flavian

            The Flavian Amphitheatre or the Colosseum is the largest Roman Amphitheatre. Built in the capital city of the ancient Roman empire from 72 to 80 BC, the colosseum is still in the modern day capital Rome. Its building dimensions in meters are 188 x 156. And is arena dimensions in meters are 86 x54.

Faleria

            The second largest Roman amphitheatre  was the second largest Roman amphitheatre. It was in Pinecum which is in modern day Fallerone. The Amphitheatre takes the shape of an ellipse, more oval like structure. The building dimensions in meters were 178.8 x 106.2. There are little to no remnants of this Amphitheatre unlike the Colosseum and Capua.

Capua

            The third largest Roman Amphitheare was located in Compania. Compania is now modern day S. Maria Capua Vetere. The Capua, like the Faleria, had an ellipse shape on the floor. Its building dimensions in meters were 169.9 x 139.6. Augustus first erected it in the first century B.C. It is also the famous arena that Sparatcus fought in in 73 B.C. Today, the Capua Amphitheatre still stands and is a popular tourists attraction.

Julia Caesarea

            The fourth largest Roman Amphitheatre was erected in the time of Julius Caesar. It was built in Mauretania, which is now considered to modern day Cherchel. Although it does not stand today like the Faleria, its building dimensions are known to be 168 x 88 meters with an arena dimension of 72.1 x45.8.

Italica

            The fifth largest Roman Amphitheatre was in Spanish lands of the Roman Empire, and is now in the province of Sevilla, Spain. Its building dimensions in meters are 156.5 x134. And its arena dimensions in meters are 71. 2 x 46.2. 

Five Biggest Roman Amphitheatres.

Flavian

The Flavian Amphitheatre or the Colosseum is the largest Roman amphitheaters, as its building and arena dimensions are 188 x 156 and 86 x54 meters, respectively. It was commissioned by the Emperor Vespasian for the capital city of the ancient Roman Empire from 70-80 BC but was not completed and opened until 80 AD by his son Titus, as a gift for the people of Rome. The Colosseum is still standing in what is now the modern day capital Rome despite natural destruction from fires, lightning, and earthquakes, and is a leading attraction for tourists.

Faleria

The second largest Roman amphitheatre was the Faleria, which was built 43 A.D.. It was located in Picenum, which is today located in Falerone, Italy. The building dimensions in meters were 178.8 x 106.2 and had an arena shaped like an ellipse. It had twelve entrances, four of which led to the arena and had eight rows of seats divided into three sections. Only the outside wall of the amphitheatre remains and the arena is covered in grass all the way to the podium.

Capua

The third largest Roman amphitheatre was the Capua, with building dimensions at 169.9 x 139.6 meters. It was located in Compania, which is now modern day Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy. It was erected by Augustus in the first century B.C. and could hold up to 60,000 spectators. It is known as the arena that Sparatcus fought in in 73 B.C.. The theatre was eventually destroyed by the Vandals in their invasion of Rome in 456 AD.

Julia Caesarea

The fourth largest Roman amphitheatre, the Julia Caesarea, was erected after the time of Julius Caesar. It was built in Mauretania between the times of 25 BC and 23 AD by the Roman appointed rulers of Juba II and his son Ptolemy, which is now considered to be modern day Cherchell, Algeria. Although it is not still standing today, its building dimensions are known to be 168 x 88 meters with an arena dimension of 72.1 x45.8 meters.

Italica

The fifth largest Roman Amphitheatre was in the Spanish lands of the Roman Empire, and is now in the province of Sevilla, Spain. Its building dimensions are 156.5 x 134 meters and its arena dimensions are 71. 2 x 46.2 meters. Built in the reign of Adrian's Empire, 117-138 AD, the Italica could hold up to 25,000 people and still stands today.