Roman gladiator cemetery found
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found
Interesting, just finished watching "Spartacus". Didn't realize they had gladiatorial games in England.
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It was popular all around the empire.
National Geographic or Military channel, I forget which, just had a great documentary about the Sparticus revolt & campaigns. Great lessons in UW & COIN warfare.
National Geographic or Military channel, I forget which, just had a great documentary about the Sparticus revolt & campaigns. Great lessons in UW & COIN warfare.
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I just watched the series on STARZ or Showtime or some such.
A lot more T&A in it....just sayin'
A lot more T&A in it....just sayin'
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Thanks for the synopsis RedRose.
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and to quote another Hollywood classic:
"So RedRose, do you like gladiator movies?"
"So RedRose, do you like gladiator movies?"
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found
I saw this on TV. This guy said that the average life expectancy of a gladiator was at best two fights maybe three. He went on to say that the method of the “cout de gras” or final death hit of a defeated gladiator was from the throat front to back, if the people wanted death. In effect decapitating the loser.
Great find. They are learning much from this grave yard.
Great find. They are learning much from this grave yard.
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found
If they dig up the Pastor's shield, tell them to send it postage paid back to Rock Island.
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They had cat fights too:
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Rangers, I'm just testing the waters a bit here, would any of you support bringing regulated, televised, volunteer, gladiatorial death matches back ? I would.
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found
Noambracia wrote:Rangers, I'm just testing the waters a bit here, would any of you support bringing regulated, televised, volunteer, gladiatorial death matches back ? I would.
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Sure.ambracia wrote:Rangers, I'm just testing the waters a bit here, would any of you support bringing regulated, televised, volunteer, gladiatorial death matches back ? I would.
You're up first.
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Re: Roman gladiator cemetery found
You know the thumbs down for "kill the bum" was invented by 17th century painters and proliferated by Hollywood. Professor Anthony Philip Corbeill, a professor of classics at the University of Kansas, is an expert on ancient hand gestures. He concluded in a white paper in the late 90s (cooberated by other experts since) that the real hand gesture used by the Romans for "kill the bum" was thumbs up, not down. Furthermore, he concluded that the gesture wasn't static, but was quite animated, just like when a modern day umpire waves his arm across his chest with a thumb up to indicate "get oughta here ya bum" to players thrown out on base or struck out at home plate. Corbeill also concluded that the hand gesture for mercy was a clenched fist.IntelToad wrote:Sure.ambracia wrote:Rangers, I'm just testing the waters a bit here, would any of you support bringing regulated, televised, volunteer, gladiatorial death matches back ? I would.
You're up first.
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