They enjoyed fights between gladiators,and fight between people and animals. These bloodthirsty shows were put on in front of crowds in large arenas called amphitheaters. Romans emperors paid for free shows at theaters and amphitheaters.
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The Silk Road began in the Chinese city of Chang'an and this is the only thing fixed about it. The route does not end in one specific place or country. It split in numerous directions and so has different end points. Some of the places where the silk road has ended are Damascus, Alexandria, Ganges Delta and Tyre. The Silk route actually started or originated in 2nd century BC and it was an important trade route for trading Chinese silk for other materials.The route was created under the Han Dynasty of China to protect the traders from the hand of the bandits that were trying to loot the traders.
The New South movement was an effort by southern leaders to integrate the South more fully with the rest of the US and to do away with the old plantation-based economy. It largely failed to gain significant momentum in terms of race relations and economic development by WWI.
In many ways, F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's life mirrors that of the US economy.
They had a booming social and financial life in the 1920s but suffered terribly in the 1930s and they found themselves destitute, drunk, and no longer productive.
