gladiator culture in The Hunger Games 🗡️

Hello nerds! Today, we’re travelling back in time to the Roman Empire to explore gladiator culture and how it’s related to The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. Stay nerdy, Emma TIKTOK:   / emmasbooktalks   PATREON:   / emmasbooktalks   BUSINESS: [email protected] buy me a coffee ☕: https://buymeacoffee.com/emmashemko Intro: 0:00 Gladiators & tributes: 1:00 Before the arena: 11:37 In the arena: 14:45 Arena politics: 24:00 Contemporary real-world relevance: 36:13 Conclusion: 51:05 SOURCES: ~ Ancient History Fangirl – A Day at the Gladiatorial Games: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k4W... ~ Ancient History Fangirl – How to Train Your Gladiator: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qpS... ~ Baroud, R. (2014). The Mockingjay of Palestine: “If We Burn, You Burn with Us”: https://ramzybaroud.net/the-mockingja... ~ Carucci, m. (2017). The Spectacle of Justice in the Roman Empire. In O. Hekster & K. Verboven (Eds.), The Impact of Justice on the Roman Empire: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (pp. 212-233). Brill. ~ Detchenique, G. & Grolleau, G. (2024). Turning Sportswashing Against Sportswashers. Prometheus, 40(3), 146-165. ~ Elkins, N. T. (2014). The Procession and Placement of Imperial Cult Images in the Colosseum. Papers of the British School at Rome, 82, 73-107. ~ Gunderson, E. (1996). The Ideology of the Arena. Classical Antiquity, 15(1), 113-151. ~ I Read YA – Suzanne Collins Part 1 – Classical Inspiration:    • Suzanne Collins Part 1 - Classical Inspira...   ~ I Read YA – Suzanne Collins Part 3 – Desensitization:    • Suzanne Collins Part 3 - Desensitization   ~ Kitts, m. (2018). The Martyrs and Spectacular Death: From Homer to the Roman Arena. Journal of Religion and Violence, 6(2), 267-294. ~ Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! – Conversations: Beware the Splash Zone! Gladiators in the Greek world w/ Alexandra Sills: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QYq... ~ Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! – Half Naked Duded & Lots of Blood, Gladiators on Screen w/ Alexandra Sills: https://open.spotify.com/episode/25qh... ~ Longenberger, B. (2015). The Desensitization to Violence and the Perpetuation of Oppression and Slavery in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Trilogy. Digital Literature Review, 2, 75-83. ~ Q&A with Hunger Games Author Suzanne Collins and Hannah Husdon: https://madeira7ela.weebly.com/upload... ~ Satire 10 by Juvenal (translated by A. S. Kline): https://jacklynch.net/Texts/juvenal10...