CLA Final Exam elaborations graded A+

CLA Final Exam elaborations graded A+ Spectacles - a show or event put on for the public for entertainment ludi circenses - a spectacle called chariot races ludi scaenici - a spectacle involving theatrical performances or religious festivals with entertainment (drama/theater) ludi votivi - games voted on special occasions, particularly in time of war (votive offerings to the gods) venationes - entertainment involving the hunting & killing of wild animals (hunts) munera - originally duties paid to dead ancestors at funerals but turned into a public spectacle of gladiator fighting (gladiators) meridiani - midday executions aedile - -responsible for maintenance of public buildings & regulation of public festivals/ spectacles -had powers to enforce public order, they ran the show -seek popularity w/ voters by throwing particularly lavish ludi (games) Spartacus, 73 BC - -started third seville war by leading a revolt of slaves against Rome -his actions let to a limit of how many gladiators allowed in rome -fought as a gladiator in Circus Maximus Circus Maximus - -chariot racing stadium & mass entertainment venue located between Palatine & Eventide Hills claque/ chants - people who were used as audience in performances or courts to influence decisions Amphitheater of Tarus, 27 BC - first stone (& permanent) amphitheater built in the Campus Marius by Statilius Taurus, but semi-private Consualia - a festival which honors Consus, the god of counsel, & the one who protects the harvest which is in storage at the time of the festival (also honors Neptune, almost same person, & this is when Romulus took Sabine women) circus factions - -teams associated with chariot races consisting or red, blue, green & white (blue & green most popular) -factions owned by businessmen pantomime - -during empire, most popular theater arts -performances that include gestures, body movements, words, songs & music (similar to mime) D. Junius Brutus, 264 BC -