A Special Kind of Study

And so, in the depths of the term one holidays, and as Dawn appeared, many-a-time, fresh and rosy-fingered, I have begun work on my Special Study.

Still unsure on what exactly I wish to study, I am currently in the process of brainstorming ideas and possible questions for this assignment.

Having a keen interest in Ancient Rome, I thought the world of the gladiator might be a good basis, I mean, who wouldn't want to research people fighting lions in an arena? I figure I may be able to study the 2000 film Gladiator and analyse its historic accuracy to Ancient Rome. I could also do a study into the ranking system of the gladiators, and the hierarchical system of Classical Rome. Another idea I have is to do a comparison on the Ancient Roman world and the world of the popular novel (and now film) series The Hunger Games, and break apart the similarities, differences and ideology there.Wars and leadership also interest me, so a look into the leaders of the Greco-Roman classical world and how they compare and differ from our leaders of today could prove very interesting. There are a lot of ideas to study for this assessment but I am leaning more towards the world of Ancient Rome and the gladiator.

Too bad this thing doesn't stretch out the renaissance... I could've done Assassin's Creed II...