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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 2580383, member: 72790"]Actually several sub species of creatures from what was then the Roman Empire are now extinct, possibly from environmental changes, or possibly wiped out by venatores supplying the arenas with exotic (to the Romans) animals. Lions were then found in North Africa, and had been in on the Greek Peninsula a bit earlier. The Caspian Tiger could be found in Parthia, and the elephants used by Hannibal and perhaps, the one on a Julius Caesar denarius, could also be found in North Africa (somewhat smaller than the Sub Sahara extant species of elephant).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 2580383, member: 72790"]Actually several sub species of creatures from what was then the Roman Empire are now extinct, possibly from environmental changes, or possibly wiped out by venatores supplying the arenas with exotic (to the Romans) animals. Lions were then found in North Africa, and had been in on the Greek Peninsula a bit earlier. The Caspian Tiger could be found in Parthia, and the elephants used by Hannibal and perhaps, the one on a Julius Caesar denarius, could also be found in North Africa (somewhat smaller than the Sub Sahara extant species of elephant).[/QUOTE]
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