Thousands of these bears were hunted for sport, venatio games, or execution of criminals ad bestias following the expansion of the Roman Empire into North Africa ( began in 146 BC by creation of Africa ), completed in 44 AD / CE by annexation of Mauretania ).

Animals that appeared in the venatio included lions, elephants, bears, deer, wild goats, dogs, and rabbits.

Bronze medallion depicting the fight between a man and a wild animal ( venatio ). Venatio ( Latin " hunt ," plural venationes ) was a form of entertainment in Roman amphitheaters involving the hunting and slaying of wild animals.

Following the venatio in the order of daily events were the execution of convicted Roman citizens of lower status, the humiliores.

There was something about the contour of her face, her smile that was like New Orleans sunshine, the way she held her head, the way she walked -- there was scarcely anything she did which did not fascinate me.

But there is, nevertheless, always a subtle difference in the way in which supposedly similar opinions are held.

Finally, there is the question of how strongly an expressed opinion is held -- whether it is a firm opinion or one that the respondent favors only slightly over the alternatives.

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

`` It's quite possible there's more than codfish down there, man '', Poet replied with a short, nervous laugh as he held the harness for Elaine.

There is no registration fee but there will be a charge of $2.50 for the luncheon to be held in the library and fine arts building.

My father went as a missionary to China in a generation that responded to Student Volunteer Movement speakers who held watches in their hands and announced to the students in their audiences how many Chinese souls were going to hell each second because these students were not over there saving them.

I felt myself tremble, thinking of the diamond light of that beauty I had held a few moments before, and I wanted to run down there and halt, if I could, that frenetic pirouette, catch the boy in the moment of his savagery, and save a glimmer, a remnant, of that which I remembered, but I knew it was already too late.

The Supreme Court of Virginia has stated that '" This Court has repeatedly held that the effect of an appeal to circuit court is to " annul the judgment of the inferior tribunal as completely as if there had been no previous trial.

The epistates ( ἐπιστάτης ), an official selected by lot for a single day from among the currently presiding prytany, chaired that day's meeting of the boule and, if there was one, that day's meeting of the assembly ; he also held the keys to the treasury and the seal to the city, and welcomed foreign ambassadors.

Actium belonged originally to the Corinthian colonists of Anactorium, who probably founded the worship of Apollo Actius and the Actia games ; in the 3rd century BC it fell to the Acarnanians, who subsequently held their synods there.

Thus, if a publicly traded company specialises in the acquisition of privately held companies, from a per-share perspective there is a gain with every acquisition that falls within these guidelines.

The sessions of the German Bundestag were held there from 1949 until its move to Berlin in 1999.

From knowledge of books held in the library at Malmesbury Abbey and available as source works, and from the identification of certain words particular to the local dialect found in the text, the transcription may have been made there.

Despite this, there were also several superstar hitters, the most famous being Honus Wagner, held to be one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game, and Detroit's Ty Cobb, the " Georgia Peach.

It is held that Buddhas remain in the world, able to help others, so there is no point in delay.

There might have been minor orders ranking below a deacon ; but there is no record of whether Bede held any of these offices.

For some time the existence of the word bretwalda in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which was based in part on the list given by Bede in his Historia Ecclesiastica, led historians to think that there was perhaps a ' title ' held by Anglo-Saxon overlords.

However, there is no evidence that Belshazzar ever officially held the title of " king " as he is never called such on the Nabonidus Cylinder.

Contrary to the modern-day picture of the traditional tyrannical pirate, he commanded his vessels with the permission of their crews and there is no known account of his ever having harmed or murdered those he held captive.

Despite his ferocious reputation though, there are no verified accounts of his ever having murdered or harmed those he held captive.

The Wills family frequently held country dances in their home, and there was dancing in all four rooms.

Criticism of Christianity continues to date, e. g. Jewish and Muslim theologians criticize the doctrine of the Trinity held by most Christians, stating that this doctrine in effect assumes that there are three Gods, running against the basic tenet of monotheism.

In Cadillac Motor Car Co. v. Johnson, ( decided in 1915 by the federal appeals court for New York and several neighboring states ), the court held that a car owner could not recover for injuries from a defective wheel, when the automobile owner had a contract only with the automobile dealer and not with the manufacturer, even though there was " no question that the wheel was made of dead and ‘ dozy ‘ wood, quite insufficient for its purposes.

For it hath been held, that if an uninhabited country be discovered and planted by English subjects, all the English laws then in being, which are the birthright of every subject, are immediately there in force ...

In 2007 a number of parties, including the Fifth Republic Movement, merged to create the United Socialist Party of Venezuela ( PSUV ), which in January 2009 held 139 of the 169 seats ( 84 %).

United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U. S. 649 ( 1898 ), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that virtually everyone born in the United States is a U. S. citizen.

Its double-stranded DNA genome is about 169 kbp long and is held in an icosahedral head, also known as a capsid.

His subcommittee held 169 hearings throughout 1953 and 1954.

It also held the distinction of being aired on more stations ( 169 ) than any other regularly scheduled DuMont program.

From 355 BC political trials were no longer held in the assembly, but only in a court.

The League's modern name derives from its official meeting place, the island of Delos, where congresses were held in the temple and where the treasury stood until, in a symbolic gesture, Pericles moved it to Athens in 454 BC.

Though there remained a nominal Zhou king until 256 BC, he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.

For example, Gaius Marius held consulships for five years in a row between 104 BC and 100 BC.

However, an Assyrian king Ashur-uballit II held out at the Assyrian city of Harran, resisting until 605 BC, when the remnants of the Assyrian Army and an Egyptian force were defeated at Karchemish.

During the New Kingdom ( c. 1550 – 1070 BC ), Amun held this position.

Instead, he had to content himself with subduing the fortresses that still held out against him, and the only other notable event of 216 BC was the defection of certain Italian territories, including Capua, the second largest city of Italy, which Hannibal made his new base.

Anaxagoras ( 480 BC ) was known as " Nous " (" Mind ") because he taught that " all things " were created by Mind, that Mind held the cosmos together and gave human beings a connection to the cosmos or a pathway to the divine.

During the spring of 56 BC, the Triumvirs held a conference, as Rome was in turmoil and Caesar's political alliance was coming undone.

E. R. Thiele held that he became coregent with his father Asa in Asa's thirty-ninth year, 872 / 871 BC, the year Asa was afflicted with a severe disease in his feet, and then became sole regent when Asa died of the disease in 870 / 869 BC, his own death occurring in 848 / 847 BC.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla appointed himself in 82 BC to an entirely new office, dictator rei publicae constituendae causa, which was functionally identical to the dictatorate rei gerendae causa except that it lacked any set time limit, although Sulla held this office for over two years before he voluntarily abdicated and retired from public life.

The ancient Olympic Games were held every four years in the Greek city of Olympia, in the Kingdom of Elis, from 776 BC through either 261 or 393 AD.

The Milan Papyrus, recovered from a dismantled mummy casing and published in 2001, has revealed the high esteem in which the poet Posidippus of Pella, an important composer of epigrams ( 3rd century BC ), held Sappho's " divine songs ".

The city held out for three years, but fell in 212 BC.

In 481 BC, a congress of Greek city-states was held, during which 30 or so states agreed to ally themselves against the forthcoming invasion.

When no games were being held, the Circus at the time of Catullus ( mid-1st century BC ) was likely " a dusty open space with shops and booths ... a colourful crowded disreputable area " frequented by " prostitutes, jugglers, fortune tellers and low-class performing artists.

The Consualia, with its semi-mythical establishment by Romulus, and the Cerealia, the major festival of Ceres, were probably older than the earliest historically attested " Roman Games " ( Ludi Romani ) held at the Circus in honour of Jupiter in 366 BC.

Anaximander ( 610-546 BC ) held that the apeiron was the principle or main element composing all things.

These early plays were written for annual Athenian competitions among playwrights held around the 5th century BC.

In 375 BC it again joined the Athenian alliance ; two years later it was besieged by a Spartan force, but in spite of the devastation of its flourishing countryside held out successfully until relieved.