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'Why did the Romans organise and attend Gladiatorial Games? Would such games be popular today?' An exhibition of war Roman society and the ancient world held different values to modern society. These values were shaped by the circumstances in which the Romans lived. But what were these circumstances? 1) A Roman aged twenty knew he would probably die before he was thirty. 2) Rome had countless enemies 3) Rome was an intensely militaristic culture. The Roman empire, and all the roman culture and technical advances, etc. had been brought about by one thing: the fact that their soldiers could kill better than anyone else's A Roman citizen was surrounded by killing and death. The Romans prized this ability above all others: to kill and to die well. This was what gladiatorial games were all about: an exhibition of men killing and dying well, despite the horrors of the arena. '... we despise gladiators if they...

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