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<p>[QUOTE="octavius, post: 3379545, member: 100777"]Violence and death were always especially close in the ancient world and Rome took it to new levels with its arenas and spectacles. Here are a few RR denarii extolling violence of both military bravery (Licinius Nerva ) and the arena ( Regulus and Didius). They are followed by an oil lamp depicting a condemned prisoner about to be gored to death by a bull in the arena, and a terra sigillata c. 2nd- early 3rd century depicting a man , presumably in the arena, being maulled by a large cat.[ATTACH=full]897287[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897288[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897289[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897290[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897291[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="octavius, post: 3379545, member: 100777"]Violence and death were always especially close in the ancient world and Rome took it to new levels with its arenas and spectacles. Here are a few RR denarii extolling violence of both military bravery (Licinius Nerva ) and the arena ( Regulus and Didius). They are followed by an oil lamp depicting a condemned prisoner about to be gored to death by a bull in the arena, and a terra sigillata c. 2nd- early 3rd century depicting a man , presumably in the arena, being maulled by a large cat.[ATTACH=full]897287[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897288[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897289[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897290[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897291[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]897292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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