Julius Caesar Chapter 4 Summary

Chapter Four

I’m seated in the massive Colosseum. After a full week of tough training, I keep my fingers crossed that I prepared Marcus well. Shaking off the tingling jitters, I examine my surroundings-like the previous times. The Colosseum holds 45,000 to 55.000 roman citizens; not including actors, gravediggers, and former gladiators. The humongous population is segregated with respect to seating. The podium, where I’m seated, contains the emperor’s box, the vestal virgin box, and the emperor’s trusty senators and super important priests. For the time being, I am amongst these important deities due to the current occasion. Non-senatorial class members; moreover, Equites and knights watch the phenomenal gladiator games right above me.

He has also maintained the arena's eighty entrances, or exits, to retain rapid transitions.Ultimately, emperor Julius Caesar has accomplished plenty in the Colosseum’s eight years of construction. The Colosseum mostly saw gladiator battles, but-a fan favorite-naval re-enactments are prominent and held a great amount of the arena’s reputation. Animal hunts are another event held daily-a single occasion called the inauguration games, which lasted one hundred days, killed over 9,000 animals.

My head pops back out of the clouds when I hear a roar uprising through the crowd. I snap my attention back to the arena. The two gladiators, Marcus and Cyprian, have emerged out of their little hidey holes. Or the entrances littered along the stages walls. The sunlight bounces off their armour perfectly to make it seem as if they have came down from heaven, which further aids the

I can fight a gladiator!” Now, gladiators are frequently trained, and would destroy a civilian. It is a common mistake, to underestimate a gladiator’s skills. Another male, a few spots to my right, hoarsely complains,”It’s stupid how Trajan gives criminals second chances... Why can’t you just execute them?” I feel as if having gladiators fight is a good choice-it’s both entertainment and punishment. Being a lanista, I enjoy hearing my trainees’ quirky reasons for imprisonment. Marcus was caught stealing his neighbor's gold necklace, while naked. It cracks me up every time I think of it. Cyprian, he nearly beat a kid to death. Not too sure why, but it fits his fighting characteristics well. My mind resumes back to the brawl. Cyprian already has a few cuts in vulnerable spots, whereas Marcus has a small peirce in his arm. Marcus has found a way to dance around Cyprian’s spear and shield, leaving bloody marks on him with his Sica. Gladiator matches aren’t always ‘battle to the death’, so if Marcus keeps up the work, it’ll be over