Identifier: historyofromeofr06duru (find matches)
Title: History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Duruy, Victor, 1811-1894 Ripley, M. M Clarke, W. J Mahaffy, John Pentland, Sir, 1839-1919
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Publisher: Boston : C. F. Jewett
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Ruins of the amphitheatre of Fiesole
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GLADIATORS FIGHTING WITH WILD BEASTS.- no difficulty in disposing of. Those who seemed docile were enlistedor sold; the rest recruited the bands of gladiators. Even in theChristian Empire the panegyrists of Constantine say : The per-fidy of the Bructeri does not allow them to be employed as soldiers,and their savage nature prevents selling them as slaves ; by expos-ing them to the beasts you have made the extermination of theseenemies of the Empire serve for the pleasures of the people. Thiswas the grandest triumph conceivable. 3 1 Vopiscus, A urel. 33; Prob. 19. 2 Atlas du Bull. arch. vol. iii. pi. 38. s Paneij. vi. 12, 3; via. 23, 3. An edict of Constantine in 326 disapproved of these
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MANNERS. 299 Not all gladiators perished in the amphitheatre. Onoccasion when they fought a good number were saved byskill, or were healed of their wounds, especially when it waswho had the care of them, and some attained celebrity.heroes of the arenawere as popular atRome as the victorsin the chariot-races.Poets sang their praises,painters and sculptorsrepresented their ex-ploits in the palaces,upon the tombs, andeven in the temples. every their Galen The

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