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Remains of Bear Used in Roman Spectacles Reveal Brutal Conditions of Captivity
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Remains of Bear Used in Roman Spectacles Reveal Brutal Conditions of Captivity
Reconstructed ancient amphitheater in Viminacium. Credit: Ivan Radic / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 Bear remains from Roman spectacles have given archaeologists the first physical evidence of the brutal use of wild animals in ancient arenas, revealing the grim realities of captivity and combat. The discovery centers on a fragmented skull of a six-year-old male bear, unearthed in 2016 at the amphitheater of Viminacium, a Roman city in present-day Serbia. A…
For centuries, the chronicles and accounts of Roman antiquity have transmitted vivid, and often cruel, descriptions of the shows held in the amphitheaters of the whole Empire, where together with gladiators and damned, an innumerable variety of wild beasts fought, were hunted or executed prisoners. Among them, the brown bear (Ursus arctos) [...]
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