- Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Venatio (Latin: venatio, "hunting",
plural venationes) was a type of
entertainment in
Roman amphitheaters involving the hunting...
- Cammerlander, 1534;
Oppiani de
Venatione libri IV.,
Parisiis apud Vascosanum, 1549;
Oppiani Anazerbei de
Piscatu Libri V., de
Venatione libri IV, Parisiis, 1555...
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horse races,
chariot races, the
equestrian Troy Game,
staged beast hunts (
venationes),
athletic contests,
gladiator combat, and
historical re-enactments. From...
- 15 (2): 347–348. doi:10.1305/ndjfl/1093891315 – via
Project Euclid. De
Venatione Sapientiae, 23. Curley, E. M. (October 1971). "Did
Leibniz State "Leibniz's...
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ancient Romans. They were used for
events such as
gladiator combats,
venationes (animal slayings) and executions.
About 230
Roman amphitheatres have been...
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historical and
satirical genres. His
Latin poem
Carmen de statura,
feritate ac
venatione bisontis ("A Song
about the Appearance,
Savagery and
Hunting of the Bison"...
- at
least 523, when
Anicius Maximus celebrated his
consulship with some
venationes,
criticised by King
Theodoric the
Great for
their high cost. The Colosseum...
- III (r. 425–455)
repeated the ban in 438,
perhaps effectively,
though venationes continued beyond 536. By this time,
interest in
gladiator contests had...
- Hussovi**** (around 1480 –
after 1533). His poem
Carmen de statura,
feritate ac
venatione bisontis (A Song
about the Appearance,
Savagery and
Hunting of the Bison)...
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preferred to
attend gladiatorial fights,
those with
ferocious beasts (
venationes),
reproductions of
naval battles (naumachia),
chariot races, athletic...
