Damnatio ad bestias
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title:
Damnatio ad bestias
text:
Damnatio ad bestias was a form of Roman capital punishment where the condemned person was killed by wild animals, usually lions or other big cats. This form of execution, which first appeared during the Roman Republic around the 2nd century BC, had been part of a wider class of blood sports called Bestiarii. The act of damnatio ad bestias was considered a common form of entertainment for the lower class citizens of Rome (plebeians). Killing by wild animals, such as Barbary lions, formed part of
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Roman execution method
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_ad_bestias
date created:
2009-06-21T15:38:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T06:27:58Z
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