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Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death a.k.a. Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television and France 2 docudrama which tells the true story of Verus, a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome.
Leopard attacking a criminal, Roman floor mosaic, 3rd century AD, Archaeological Museum of Tunisia. Damnatio ad bestias (Latin for "condemnation to beasts") was a form of Roman capital punishment where the condemned person was killed by wild animals, usually lions or other big cats.
On July 28, 2022, a video was posted on a Russian Telegram page showing a Russian soldier torturing and castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war. The identity of the victim is unclear through the video; however, the video is shot in high-quality footage and features extreme themes of violence throughout.
Sausage dogs were used for entertainment in the Roman Colosseum and may have been made to fight larger animals like bears, archaeologists said.
In a press release on November 13, the vacation-rental company said 16 participants and their plus-ones would be picked to fight in one of two mock battles in May 2025, dressed in gladiator garb.
[109] [110] Dogs were associated with Hecate and were sacred to Ares and Artemis. Cerberus, Argos, and Laelaps were dogs in Greek mythology. [111] During the Battle of Marathon, one Athenian may have been accompanied by a dog. In the ancient world, dogs may have been used as guards and messengers for the military. [112]
A 68-year-old woman was bitten by a javelina as it fought with her dogs in southern Arizona, wildlife officials said. The javelina bit the woman from Pearce on the shin, the Arizona Game & Fish ...
The Arena (Italian: La rivolta delle gladiatrici, lit."The revolt of the gladiatrices"), also known as Naked Warriors, is a 1974 gladiator exploitation film directed by Steve Carver and starring Margaret Markov and Pam Grier.