- displa**** in the
venationes due to
their religious importance to the Romans.
Revered for its ferocity, the lion was
extremely po****r in
venationes and gladiatorial...
-
preferred to
attend gladiatorial fights,
those with
ferocious beasts (
venationes),
reproductions of
naval battles (naumachia),
chariot races, athletic...
-
ancient Romans. They were used for
events such as
gladiator combats,
venationes (animal slayings) and executions.
About 230
Roman amphitheatres have been...
-
horse races,
chariot races, the
equestrian Troy Game,
staged beast hunts (
venationes),
athletic contests,
gladiator combat, and
historical re-enactments. From...
- III (r. 425–455)
repeated the ban in 438,
perhaps effectively,
though venationes continued beyond 536. By this time,
interest in
gladiator contests had...
- at
least 523, when
Anicius Maximus celebrated his
consulship with some
venationes,
criticised by King
Theodoric the
Great for
their high cost. The Colosseum...
- 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)...
-
races in the
circus (ludi circenses).
Animal exhibitions with mock
hunts (
venationes) and
theatrical performances (ludi scaenici) also
became part of the festivals...
-
processions on a
grand scale and was the most po****r
venue for large-scale
venationes; in the late 3rd century, the
emperor Probus laid on a
spectacular Circus...
- Sparreboom, A. (2016). "Chapter 2:
Procuring beasts for
hunting spectacles".
Venationes Africanae:
Hunting spectacles in
Roman North Africa:
cultural significance...
