Now that the Winter Olympics are here and in full swing, countries can tune in and watch as their best athletes compete against the best athletes in the world. rest of the world. There have always been competitions and contests to determine who is the best at a particular sport or simply to show who has the biggest and strongest muscles. The first of these Olympic Games took place in 776 BC in Greece, where they were founded. Although this competition is widely renowned and watched all over the world, even today there was also another nation that held its own large-scale games, large enough to equal the Olympics. These games were known as the gladiator games and took place in Rome where they were founded around 264 BC, when Rome was in an era of peace. These two nations conducted their extravagant and exciting games in a similar but very different manner. Religion and the values ​​and attitudes of each culture had a significant influence on why these two events were so different and so similar. Aspects of both games are still seen in sports and events today, even though cultures and eras have changed dramatically since these games' founding. The Greek Olympics were for many reasons very different from the Rome games and neither was better to watch. each one than the other or more entertaining, they were simply conducted in contrasting ways. It was rare to attend a gladiator match in Rome without seeing death. On the contrary, during an Olympic game, we rarely see a death, only in a very competitive sport. Unlike Greece where athletes competed against each other; it was common that in addition to gladiators fighting gladiators, there was also the slaughter of criminals and wild animals as part...... middle of paper ...... sports in which two men and /or women engage in violent physical acts contact. For example, there is the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) in which men and/or women engage in violent mixed martial arts with each other to inflict as much damage as possible on their opponent and win the fight. In conclusion, although the Greek Olympics shared many similarities with the Roman Gladiator Games, they were very different. Religion had a great influence on the way the games were played. This was also true for spectators, as they played an important role in what happened during the games. The values ​​and attitudes of both cultures can be observed through their games. Finally, although these two games were founded and organized in distant lands and many years ago, today's sports and athletes share some of the same values ​​as the athletes of ancient Rome and Greece..