A gladiator had a hard life. They were forces to fight for their life. They fought against animal and against each other. Gladiators were slaves, criminals and Christians. They had to be the last man standing. If a gladiator would fall with the opponent over them, the crowed would vote if the gladiator should kill him. A thumb up meant that the gladiator would kill the man that fell and if the crowed put a thumbs down that meant that the fallen gladiator would live. The gladiator fights were made to make people forget about the problems that were going on. Today in the United States there is a sport that is very similar to those in Rome. It is called wrestling. Although they don’t fight with animals, they do fight with each other. When Wrestle-mania is on we forget about the problems and focus on who will be taken down or first to bleed. This is our gladiators. The ring is our arena and the wrestles are our gladiators. We are entertained by blood shed. We are not than the Romans. As they cheered for the people to kill each other, we cheered for the wrestlers to hurt each other. We are no better than the Romans.



What was the life of a gladiator like?



By: Ashley Polanco and Jose Fernandez

Rome Vs United State..... Which has a better life?

The Romans and the Americans are not that different when it comes to state problems. Roman government covered up what really happened with gifts and holidays. The Romans used free gladiator games to take peoples minds off of the poverty. They also declared 150 Days of celebration, so people can't be unhappy during a holiday. The United States are supposed to be civilized people and honest. But aren't we doing the same as the Romans. People invented things like the television and Sports that ween people off the real issues today. While the lottery goes up so does the poverty levels. 50% of Americas money belongs to One percent of the population. The rich, which most likely is the politicians and government workers are making most of the money and the average people are getting left out. Prices of living have risen ten fold, before you could buy things for a nickel, now not even a dollar is worth much. Our government has hidden the fact that there is more money problems than before and the fact that they don't want to give up there way of living, to give to the poor. Today we have many things issues that still need to be worked out, but with the public distracted with paying the bills that no one takes a stand. That will probably also cost a lot of money to keep the lawyers fighting for that cause.  Rome and the United States are alike when it comes to the government and cover ups.

In a land north of Greece is a place called Macedonia, and the king was King Phillip II. He wanted to conquer the world. First he seized Greece. One of his techniques of seizing a country was to marry people from the place he wanted to conquer. He had 7 wife only one from Macedonia King Phillips dream got cut short, when his daughters wedding. He said he had nothing to fear so he walked in front of his body guards. Unfortunately one of his body guards took the opportunity and came close to him and stabbed him in the chest. King Phillips other body guards took action and killed the traitor. Soon after his son Alexander takes over. He wanted to follow his father’s dream to overcome the world. Alexander continues to conquering new lands. He conquered Persia, Egypt and all the land until India. He later planned to rule the small island of Tyre but he didn’t have any ships so he built a crossway. After he was done with the bridge he built a siege tower which helped him overpower and rule the countr. All the combination of conquered cultured formed a new culture called Hellenistic Culture.


Jose Fernandez and Ashley Polanco