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Venatio (Latin:
venatio, "hunting",
plural venationes) was a type of
entertainment in
Roman amphitheaters...
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military victory, ludi were
often connected to triumphs. The
first recorded venatio (staged
beast hunt) was
presented in 186 BC by M.
Fulvius Nobilior as part...
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second were
those who
faced them voluntarily, for pay or
glory (see
venatio). The
latter are
sometimes erroneously called "gladiators"; to
their contemporaries...
- Rome,
tigers were displa**** in amphitheatres; they were
slaughtered in
venatio hunts and used to kill criminals. The
Mongol ruler Kublai Khan is reported...
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Suetonius agree that
gladiatorial contests and a wild-beast hunt, the
venatio, also took
place at the lake area, but they
again disagree on the details...
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again at Apamea).
These are, at
least initially,
drawn from the po****r
venatio ("hunting")
displays in the amphitheatres,
where a
variety of
exotic beasts...
- were
immensely po****r.
Another major attraction was the
animal hunt, or
venatio. This
utilized a
great variety of wild beasts,
mainly imported from Africa...
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North Africa,
lions were
regularly captured by
experienced hunters for
venatio spectacles in amphitheatres. The
Morocco national football team is called...
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Venatio fighting a lion in the Colosseum...
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geometrical patterns,
often inters****d with animals.
Scenes of
hunting and
venatio,
arena displays where animals are killed, are po****r.
Byzantine mosaics...
