Bustuarius
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Bustuarius
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A bustuarius was a kind of gladiator in Ancient Rome, who fought about the funeral pyre of the deceased at a Roman funeral. Bustuarii were considered of even lower status than other gladiators whose fights were exhibited in public gladiatorial games. Bustuarii are mentioned by Cicero in his Against Piso speech, criticizing Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus before the Senate and comparing Publius Clodius Pulcher to a bustuarius gladiator. Tertullian, alleges in his treatise attacking ancient Roma
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Type of Roman gladiator
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustuarius
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2021-03-26T02:23:27Z
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