On this tiyul, we traveled to the sites of the Bar Kochba revolt. Here we experienced what it was like to be a member of the group of people rebelling against the Romans. During the revolt, the Jews tunneled and created caves underground in order to be more successful in war. They eventually were smoked out of these caves, which is how they were defeated. This revolt was made of up extremely united Jews, being more towards a singular goal than ever before.
Our trip consisted of us hiking up to the places where the Jews fought and defended, then going into the actual caves themselves. After crawling through to a large cavern area, we talked for a few minutes about the location we had found ourselves in and then did a lights-out Sh'ma. It was very powerful and reminiscent of the way that the ancient Jews were unable to tell the time so had to say the prayer when they thought it was appropriate. We finished the cave and then decided to go around again with no flashlights. It was extremely intense and exciting! Next, we visited an ancient Colosseum. Played some games in the arena with David's class, and dusted ourselves completely. We finished the day with lunch and an AMA with Evan. Overall one of the best tiyulim yet.
My question is this: Do you think you would have been able to survive in the Spartan arena? Why or why not?
I don’t definitely believe i could survive in a Spartan arena. My reasoning is jews were generally not trained to the extent of an actual Roman gladiator. Spartans were trained their entire life in combat, while jews were not.
ReplyDeleteI want to believe that I would survive in the Spartan arena, but I probably would die pretty fast. This is because I would not have trained as much as other Spartans.
ReplyDeletei want to believe i would survive because i am a big guy who knows how to defend myself and is trained to use certain weapons(staff,long bow)
ReplyDeleteI don't think that I would e able to survive in a Spartan Arena because I feel like I would be too scare to hurt anyone and by the time I got the courage he other person would e cutting me into pieces.
ReplyDeleteI would not be able to survive in a Spartan Arena because I am indecisive and wouldn't know what to do. I would probably be busy freaking out that I was in another century fighting someone to death, and they would get me from behind.
ReplyDeleteI would definitely die within the first five minutes of being in the arena. There is no question about it, I would lose and be killed immediately.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that I would be able to survive in a Spartan arena because I wouldn't have any training in the weapons and tactics of the arena.
ReplyDeleteI, for sure, would not survive in a Spartan arena because I would not want to kill someone for the entertainment of others, especially if that person was an innocent civilian.
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to be able to survive in the Spartan arena, but it is very unrealistic that a weaker civilian such as myself would be able to survive a fight against a much stronger, better trained opponent.
ReplyDeleteI don't think i would have survived in the Spartan arena because I'm small and would be obliterated by my opponent and I also get scared really easily.
ReplyDeleteI believe that I would be able to outmaneuver my opponents and try to ware them down, but eventually I think that I would die.
ReplyDeleteI would like to think I would be able to survive but realistically I do not think I would be able to because they had such advanced training from such a young age that I would not be able to compare to.
ReplyDeleteI definitely would’ve tried to survive inside the Spartan arena, but you know I wouldn’t want them to know that I’m Batman or something so I would’ve just escaped
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