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What comparisons and contrasts can be made between the entertainment in classical Pompeiiand nowadays? Which would you have preferred?
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What comparisons and contrasts can be made between the entertainment in classical Pompeii and nowadays? Which would you have preferred? From what we know of classical Pompeii, we are given a good idea of their interests and their entertainment. They had theatres which held large amounts of people such as the Circus Maximus. This had the capacity to hold more people than many of the football stadiums we have today. I think this is extremely impressive as they would not have had the machines to build them that we have today. The Romans would have used an incredible amount of manpower. The Amphitheatre was basically a large hole in the ground, but it could seat 20000 people, almost the whole population of Pompeii, as well as the gladiators and exotic animals. The Amphitheatre was, and still is, surrounded by a parapet more than two meters high, originally painted with scenes of hunting's,...
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