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MORTGAGE PROTECTION INSURANCE 101
GLADIATORS: THE ORIGINAL CELEBRITY ATHLETES?
January is a big month for sports. The College
expensive to train and not easily replaced. Promotions for gladiator fights were very similar to what you see when traveling to a professional sports stadium today. Instead of paper posters to promote athletes or upcoming games, the ancient Romans painted their posters directly on walls. These painted posters often gave dates and times for upcoming matches and included gladiators’ names and sometimes even their records. For a better understanding of gladiators and the popularity of their matches, take a look at the Colosseum in Rome. This massive amphitheater was built almost 2,000 years ago and could seat up to 75,000 people. For comparison, the biggest stadiums in America hold a little over 100,000 people. Back then, there were no Jumbotrons or screens to see from far away. Tens of thousands of people would go to watch gladiator fights with nothing but their own two eyes. While they might not have had the luxuries or money our current athletes have, gladiators still had quite a bit of fame. If
Football Playoff takes place, the NFL playoffs begin, and the NBA and NHL seasons are fully underway. Stars from each of these leagues have cultivated a global might seem like something that could only happen in the present day thanks to international media and the Internet, historically, many gladiators reached untold levels of fame thousands of years ago. For the most part, gladiators were not born into wealth and never saw much money during their careers. In most cases, they were originally slaves who became so indebted that they had nothing left to sell but their bodies. For a variety of reasons, slaves were chosen and sent to gladiatorial schools, where they trained to become the fan base and become celebrities. While this best at their craft. When we think of gladiators, we often picture giant arenas and lots of death, but that was rarely the case. It’s estimated that anywhere
For many, your mortgage is your greatest source of debt. Take a second and imagine this: You are involved in a very serious car accident that causes you to have either traumatic injuries or to even lose your life. But what happens to your home in this scenario? Mortgage protection insurance (MPI) helps your family pay your mortgage in certain situations, such as if you pass away before your mortgage is paid off. Some mortgage protection insurance policies even offer coverage for a certain time period if you become disabled or lose your job following an accident. Mortgage protection insurance policies operate in a way similar to traditional life insurance policies. Each month, the insurer collects a monthly premium to keep your coverage current and to make sure you are protected. If you pass away during the term of the policy, the provider will pay out a death benefit in the amount of the mortgage outlined within the terms of the policy. Some of the policies will cover the remaining term of the mortgage, but others may not.
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a combatant’s death. While the gladiators themselves did not have much money, they were very
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anything, gladiators prove that athletes are, and always have been, incredibly influential in society.
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