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ID: 300379177
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300379177

 

Record Type: concept
gladiatorial games (blood sports, sports, ... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Sporting events in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire where armed combatants called "gladiators" entertained audiences in violent and usually lethal confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals.
 
Terms:
gladiatorial games (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,U)
gladiatorial game (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
gladiator games (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
gladiatorial contests (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
gladiatorenspelen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KQ

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)
.... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of physical activities
........ physical activities (G)
Hierarchy of <physical activities by specific context>
............ <physical activities by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of <public and interactive activities>
................ <public and interactive activities> (G)
Hierarchy of games
.................... games (G)
Hierarchy of sports
........................ sports (G)
Hierarchy of blood sports
............................ blood sports (G)
Hierarchy of gladiatorial games
................................ gladiatorial games (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Sportevenementen in de Romeinse Republiek en het Romeinse Rijk, waarin gewapende strijders, die gladiatoren genoemd werden, het publiek vermaakten met gewelddadige en doorgaans dodelijke gevechten tegen andere gladiatoren, wilde dieren en veroordeelde criminelen. 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  ludi publici
..................................  (entertainment events, cultural events, ... Events (hierarchy name)) [300379180]
performed by ....  gladiators
......................  (athletes, <people by activity>, ... People (hierarchy name)) [300258488]

Sources and Contributors:
gladiatorenspelen............  [AAT-Ned Preferred]
................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
................................  UvA Talen
gladiator games............  [VP]
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
gladiatorial contests............  [VP]
......................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
gladiatorial game............  [VP]
................................  Flaig, Roth, and Keller, Roman Gladiatorial Games (2007)
gladiatorial games............  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Chamberland, Organization of gladiatorial games in Italy (1999)
...................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
...................................  Flaig, Roth, and Keller, Roman Gladiatorial Games (2007)
...................................  Welch, Roman Amphitheatre (2007)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Chamberland, Organization of gladiatorial games in Italy (1999)
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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