At the demand of the crowd they were first scourged before a line of gladiators ; then a boar, a bear, and a leopard were set on the men, and a wild cow on the women ( xix ).

Those judged less harshly might be condemned ad ludum venatorium or ad gladiatorium – combat with animals or gladiators, in which they were armed as thought appropriate.

A show of gladiators was to be exhibited before the people in the market-place, and most of the magistrates erected scaffolds round about, with an intention of letting them for advantage.

George Ville calculated an average age at death at 27 for gladiators ( based on headstone evidence ), with mortality " among all who entered the arena " around the 1st century CE at 19 / 100.

Walls in the 2nd century BCE " Italian Agora " at Delos were decorated with paintings of gladiators.

When a freedman of Nero was giving a gladiatorial show at Antium, the public porticoes were covered with paintings, so we are told, containing life-like portraits of all the gladiators and assistants.

* Third Servile War begins with gladiators, led by the Thracian Spartacus, breaking out of a gladiatorial training school in Capua and forming an army, made up of runaway slaves and others with little to lose.

* June 3 – Iulius Nepotianus, Roman usurper, proclaims himself " emperor " and enters Rome with a group of gladiators.

In its vicinity a curious mosaic, measuring 36 feet by 26, with thirty-five medallions representing animals and gladiators, was discovered in 1860.

Roman gladiators were rubbed down with onion to firm up their muscles.

Sometimes called Pax-Nemesis was also worshipped at Rome by victorious generals, and in imperial times was the patroness of gladiators and of the venatores, who fought in the arena with wild beasts, and was one of the tutelary deities of the drilling-ground ( Nemesis campestris ).

In the Colosseum, in what had been originally prepared for Gordian III ’ s planned Roman triumph over the Persians, more than 1, 000 gladiators were killed along with hundreds of exotic animals including hippos, leopards, lions, giraffes, and one rhinoceros.

Additionally, many of the lyrics are set within the framework of recognizable history, with a cast of characters including historical barbarians, gladiators, corsairs and privateers, archaeologists and occult investigators whose exploits take place during recorded history from Roman times through the age of Reason, the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Fights staged for entertainment may also be in earnest for the combatants, as was the case with the Roman gladiators, and any public duel, such as the judicial duel of the European Middle Ages.

Kidnapping Senator Decimus as a symbol ( with the help of new airborne recruit Starscream ) Megatron issued a rallying call to the gladiators and their supporter, promising to unite them under one badge and make the whole planet their arena.

Armed gladiators were unable to resist organized Roman soldiers ; and although Marius offered freedom to any slave that would fight with him against Sulla ( an offer which Plutarch says only three slaves accepted ) he and his followers were forced to flee the city.

However, the end of gladiatorial games in the Empire may have been more the result of the difficulty and expense that came with procuring gladiators to fight in the games, than the influence of Christianity in Byzantium.

Nepotianus attacks Rome with a band of gladiators

The circle of fights between these five gladiators actually began on November 30, 1979, when Leonard beat Benitez by knockout in round fifteen to win the WBC world Welterweight title, on the same night Hagler drew ( tied ) with Vito Antuofermo in his first bid to become the world's Middleweight champion.

He oufitted the band with $ 25, 000 worth of uniforms and instruments and asked the band leader, Barnee Breeskin, to compose a fight song worthy of such a team of gladiators and warriors.

The Augustan History mentions adultery with sailors, gladiators, and men of rank ; however, Faustina and Aurelius seem to have been very close and mutually devoted.

Consider this simple game: Three gladiators play, with strengths 3, 4, 5.

In the example of the gladiators, if the gladiator with strength 4 has to be involved in the first round, he will choose the gladiator with strength 3 as opponent instead of being indifferent.

One British observer wrote, " To the astonishment of the whole fleet, the French center were permitted without molestation to bear down to support their van.

In contrast, lacecap flowers bear round, flat flowerheads with a center core of subdued, fertile flowers surrounded by outer rings of showy, sterile flowers.

They appear in the chapter Eight Nights of Love as passing through the small town of Blackwell, where they plant an orchard but also the Tree of Life, in the center of said town, tree which is said to bloom and bear fruit in mid-winter.

Prior to that, Indonesianist Joseph Errington — making use of earlier work by Indonesianists not necessarily concerned with language issues per se — brought linguistic anthropological methods ( and semiotic theory ) to bear on the notion of the " exemplary center ," or the center of political and ritual power from which emanated exemplary behavior.

These flowers bear 10 to 21 spirally arranged stamens, which become progressively smaller toward the center.

Meeting at the famous landmark Oso y Madroño ( bear and strawberry-tree sculpture ) in the center of the city every night at 11PM, they take tourists and locals alike to discover the Madrid nightlife.

There is a red star in the upper left corner and a grizzly bear facing left ( toward the hoist ) in the center, walking on a patch of green grass.

Some early heraldic writers say that the illegitimate son of a noblewoman must bear her arms with " a surcoat "; that is, on ( large ) flaunches around a blank center.

According to state law ( RCW 1. 20. 010 ), " The official flag of the state of Washington shall be of dark green silk or bunting and shall bear in its center a reproduction of the seal of the state of Washington embroidered, printed, painted or stamped thereon.

Thus, Rong cheng shi, a 4 c. BCE excavated text, refers to the snake as a symbol of the South, bird, of the North ; and bear, of the center.

Kasparov immediately broke up the center with his queen's pawn, before the black bishop could come to bear.

The town soon grew into a prosperous trading center that continued to bear his name.

In the movie A Call to Arms, a Shadow Planet Killer left behind after the War was taken by the Drakh ( an alien race, former Shadow associates ) and brought to bear against Earth, but was destroyed by the lead ship of the new Victory Class destroyer which targeted and then rammed a crucial control center used to control the rest of the mechanism causing the device to be triggered early, thereby essentially firing upon itself and the Drakh within it.

During the reign of Emperor Mommu, the government ordered that only the descendants of Fuhito could bear the Fujiwara surname and could be appointed in the Office of Dajokan, the center of administratives.

Animals are sometimes used to attract business to a commercial enterprise, such as a bear at a gasoline service station, a monkey at a trade show, or an elephant at a shopping center.

In the center of the city ( Puerta del Sol ) there is a statue of a bear eating the fruit of the Madroño tree.

The ships on the outer ends of their line, which had seen relatively light action, were able to bear on the battle at the center, bringing a new intensity to the battle.

The reverse of the badge has the same design except that the arms of the cross are enamelled red, the blue lozenges bear the letters I. V. P. F., representing the words Justis Vt Palma Fiorebit (" Distinguished for Justice and Glory ") and the center gold medallion is of Saint George slaying the Dragon within a green enamelled laurel wreath.

On both sides of the center circle, a bear represents strength and bravery ; a crescent moon represents the newness of statehood and the potential for growth.

As each bear sings their song, a curtain opens to reveal them, except in the case of Wendell, Gomer, and the Sun Bonnet Trio ( all of whom who rise from the center stage ), and Teddi Barra ( who descends from the ceiling ).

A scene in the Admonitions Scroll depicting Consort Feng ( woman at center ) defending Emperor Yuan ( man at right ) from the bear.

A scene in the Admonitions Scroll depicting Consort Feng ( woman at center ) defending Emperor Yuan ( man at right ) from the bear.

With Dickey and Gordon gone, he began to bear a greater share of the responsibility for the team's offense in, and came through quite effectively as he formed one of the game's great outfields with Keller in left field and DiMaggio in center.