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GCSE Classics · key term
A person who financed public games, such as an emperor or local politician, gaining opportunities to display generosity, wealth and authority.
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Paper 4
Revise: The amphitheatreCapturing, transporting and maintaining them cost large sums. Their appearance advertised the sponsor's wealth and could symbolise Rome's command over distant regions, such as Africa, and over nature itself. Lifts and trapdoors made their arrival even more dramatic.
The crowd influenced a defeated gladiator's fate, but the sponsor made the decision. Do not assume that every defeat ended in death.
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