From what sources are have the facts been drawn from for the following ancient roman incidents:?

Question

- Marcus Aurelius and the events sarrounding his death

- Commodus and the events sarounding his rule and assassination

- Gladiators in general, the facts sarrounding gladiator culture

AND I URGE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I MEAN, WHERE WERE THE FACTS INNITIALLY DRAWN FROM, FOR EXAMPLE marcus aurelius' "Meditations"

Answer 1

the following books and articles all have used the primary sources you are looking for. Due to the fact that there are quite a few varying interpretations of the information you seek, you should consult many different sources, including secondary ones (i.e. modern ones)

References

    * Adkins, Lesley; Roy Adkins (1998). Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512332-8.

    * Casson, Lionel (1998). Everyday Life in Ancient Rome. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5992-1.

    * Duiker, William; Jackson Spielvogel (2001). World History, Third edition, Wadsworth. ISBN 0-534-57168-9.

    * Durant, Will (1944). The Story of Civilization, Volume III: Caesar and Christ. Simon and Schuster, Inc..

    * Elton, Hugh (1996). Warfare in Roman Europe AD350-425. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 0-19-815241-8.

    * Flower (editor), Harriet I. (2004). The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. 0-521-00390-3.

    * Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    * Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith (2003). The Complete Roman Army. London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd.. 0-500-05124-0.

    * Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith (1996). The Roman Army at War 100BC-AD200. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 0-19-815057-1.

    * Grant, Michael (2005). Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum. London: Phoenix Press. ISBN 1-89880-045-6.

    * Haywood, Richard (1971). The Ancient World. David McKay Company, Inc..

    * Keegan, John (1993). A History of Warfare. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 0-394-58801-0.

    * Livy. The Rise of Rome, Books 1-5, translated from Latin by T.J. Luce, 1998. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-282296-9.

    * Mackay, Christopher S. (2004). Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80918-5.

    * Matyszak, Philip (2003). Chronicle of the Roman Republic. London: Thames & Hudson, Ltd.. ISBN 0-500-05121-6.

    * O'Connell, Robert (1989). Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505359-1.

    * Scarre, Chris (September 1995). The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051329-9.

    * Scullard, H. H. (1982). From the Gracchi to Nero, (5th edition), Routledge. ISBN 0-415-02527-3.

    * Werner, Paul (1978). Life in Rome in Ancient Times, translated by David Macrae, Geneva: Editions Minerva S.A..

    * Willis, Roy (2000). World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide. Collingwood, Victoria: Ken Fin Books. ISBN 1-86458-089-5.

    * Dio, Cassius. "Dio's Rome, Volume V., Books 61-76 (CE 54-211)". Retrieved on 2006-12-17.

Answer 2

Careful-Livy is garbage, pure propaganda.

Answer 3

The facts relating to gladiators are largely archaeological and are drawn from sites such as Pompeii and the Colosseum.  These is some commentary from people like Seneca and Cicero, and it is largely philosophical.