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One study indicated Deinosuchus may have lived for up to 50 years, growing at a rate similar to that of modern crocodilians, but maintaining this growth over a much longer time. Deinosuchus fossils have been discovered in 12 U.S. states, including Texas, Montana, and many along the East Coast. Fossils have also been found in northern Mexico.
In Sparta, where the system was most evolved, they were also called pheiditia (φειδίτια, from ἔδω edō, to eat). [citation needed] The term is probably a corruption of philitia (φιλίτια, "love-feast"), [4] a word corresponding to the Cretan Hetairia. It was a daily obligatory banquet comparable to a military mess.
Seventh-century BC Spartan poet Alcman inferred that the food ordinary people in Sparta consumed was a pea soup, not the meat-based black soup. On this basis, the historian, Hans Van Wees, suggested that black soup could not be a dish that the average Spartans regularly consumed since it would entail the slaughtering of an animal. [ 54 ]
"Deinosuchus was a giant that must have terrorized dinosaurs that came to the water's edge to drink," study lead Dr. Adam Cossette said in a press release.
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Porphyry believed that animal sacrifice was inefficient as the gods did not want dead animals. He also argued against hurting animals or using them for labor. [166] In Roman art, animals were typically depicted as subservient to humans. Many ancient Roman sarcophagi depict the deceased hunting animals and therefore their bravery. [167]
“Evidence suggests that the dead animals were cut up and given to the spectators to take home and to eat. But there was no giving away a whole rhino to a nobleman so that he could feast.” ...
In Book 4, Herodotus mentions for the first time the term earth and water in the answer of king Idanthyrsus of the Scythians to king Darius. [1] In Book 5, it is reported that Darius sent heralds demanding earth and water from king Amyntas I of Macedon, which he accepted. [2]