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Old 10-01-2024, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
Gladiators were celebrities in the Roman Empire and were usually the survivors of most battles put on to entertain the spectators. But the condemned prisoners and the like were often eaten by all kinds of animals they brought from around the territories the Romans controlled. Trampled by elephants, eaten by crocodiles, ripped apart by some of the massive dogs--Molossian Hounds--that the Roman armies had. It was an incredibly bloody event.
The NFL has lions, tigers, bears, jaguars. Maybe not too different.
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