Were Romans Obsessed with Violence? :: Ancient Rome Roman History

Were Romans Obsessed with Violence?In many modern books indite about Ancient Rome and her people, the Romans are often portrayed as brutal and unforgiving people who enjoyed violence and thought it amusing to regard people being injured and killed to the point of obsession. It is my aim to establish whether this sort is on the dotified or if it is simply an exaggeration of what a small class of people enjoyed.While it is known that in Rome there were gladiatorial fights, public beatings and the memory of slaves was legal (and common), it is too important to understand just exactly how innovational the Romans were. The Longman Dictionary of the English Language defines civilised as of or being peoples of nations in a state of elaboration. And then defines civilisation as a relatively high level of cultural training specifically the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of records is attained. I think that by this definition, the Romans were civilised , the educated being able to publish and detailed records being kept by many historians.The Romans also had scripted laws and government, including (later) an assembly for the poorer classes. In fact, their system of law was actually quite advanced (even if it was designed to help the rich) - The idea was accepted that a mans intentions ought to be taken into account, and there was less importance attached to what he did and what he meant to do. The following(a) thing to become established was the notion that all men must be treated equally. This way of thinking was very advanced and not barbaric or uncivilised at all, in fact the homogeneous notion that all men should be treated equally was not established in America, Australia and other countries for many years.It is now common intimacy that, in Ancient Rome, people often attended (and enjoyed) gladiatorial fights to the death, infatuated beast hunts, naval battles and chariot racing, all which often had religious origins. During the eclipse of Caesar, thousands of men and animals were butchered just to make a Roman holiday The Romans also enjoyed pantomimes and plays which too were often very violent in nature - It was not uncommon for a condemned criminal to be executed on stage as go away of the play. In modern sources, it is often portrayed that slaves were treated more gratingly than was actually the case.