Ancient Rome
By: Jerrelyn Medina and Nikki Abreu

To distract the masses (common people) from their problems in Rome, leaders organized gladiator fights. Although there is less blood and more freedom today, Americans still have many similar distractions from their problems in the United States.

Gladiators were people who were forced to fight with each other and with animals. Gladiators were slaves, criminals, and Christians. Exotic animal would also fight and kill each other. In the United States there are many distractions that distract people from real problems. These include: video or normal games, movies, shows, music, internet, theaters, and more. These are similar to the distractions in Ancient Rome because the also used distractions to distract them from their real problems. I don’t think that Americans today are different from the Romans who cheered as people killed each other in the coliseum because Americans also enjoy seeing people get hurt and people killing each other in movies, shows, and games.