Sentences with phrase «gladiatorial games in»

So ingrained were gladiatorial games in Roman culture that senior government officials dug into their own pockets and emptied public purses to stage them.

Whether one considers the cessation of the gladiatorial games in the days of the early church, the ending of savage bestial games in Wilberforce's day, or the banning of dueling in the nineteenth century, Christians have often led the culture in critical analysis of its pastimes.

Not exact matches

«Miscenius Ampilatus makes [this] in Salonae» reads a baking mold found in modern - day Croatia that was used to make bread or cakes sold during gladiatorial games.

It focuses on a team of players that are in a gladiatorial type game of capture the flag (or tower in this case).

Rise of the Argonauts immerses gamers in a gladiatorial adventure, set in wondrously imagined vision of ancient Greece.

Free from all pretense of constraint by historical fact, the writing team of David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson crafted a simple but stirring action - adventure yarn cloaked in the pomp of the Roman Empire and the grizzly spectacle of gladiatorial games.

Gladiatorial fighting begins July 19 on the PlayStation 2; gamers battle from slave to legendary combatant in Rome's famous arena.

Hiding in a pile of bodies, Milo manages to escape death until he is caught and sold into slavery where he becomes a fan - favourite at the local gladiatorial games and is thus moved to Pompeii's much more extravagant games.

That journey takes him back to Asgard, where we last left Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in charge pretending to be their father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), and then finally to Sakaar, a new planet where a weird being named the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) holds a very popular gladiatorial game.

Deep gameplay and glistening visuals only go so far in making a standout multiplayer game; only humans can provide the surprise and scheming that transforms the average first - person shooter or puzzle game into a gladiatorial showdown or co-op crusade.

The game does support multiplayer as you can join a friend in co-op at the Colosseum for classic gladiatorial waves of enemies.

The full PC game will be available October 10th and will come with all 4 DLC Packs (The Colosseum Pack, The Mars Chosen Pack, The Duel of Fates Pack and the Morituri Pack), Cooperative gladiatorial combat in the Colosseum, Colosseum Mode with 25 multiplayer maps and customization options for your gladiator with new armour, weapons, shields and consumables.

Perhaps the purest distillation of the game's tendencies, multiplayer entirely discards any pretext toward historical recreation, gleefully offering a Sisyphean gladiatorial arena in which the Allies and Axis are forever fighting, returning to the same war - torn European city blocks and shell - burned patches of forest for eternity.