Ben Hur movie

I learned that the slaves on the Battleships had to row in time with the drum beats and that they had many different speeds like battle speed and ramming speed. The ships also shot fire catapults at their enemies and they used sword and shields to fight in close range combat. They also used the front of their ship to ram into other ships and destroy them. The slaves who rowed the ship were also tied to it with metal chains. If the ship sank, then all the slaves on the ship would die and they would be whipped if they tried to escape from the ship. However I realized that most of the men on the ships were not very strong or muscular and that they were pushed to their limits. They were also whipped if they did not row the ship.

I also learned that in the ancient times Chariot racing was very popular, like soccer, and that if you were a good chariot racer then you would be very well known and very wealthy. Ben seems to be a very good chariot racer and is adopted by one of the Roman councils. He becomes very wealthy and is no longer looked down as a slave but people talk to him and treat him like their friends. I think this demonstrates how bad slavery is in Rome in the ancient days as the slaves are treated badly and left to die while the rich people have parties and go to the colosseum for entertainment. This shows that life in ancient rome is based solely on the class system the people were in.