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Fighting Tooth And Claw
'Bread and circuses’ are famously cited as the things needed to keep the people of the Roman empire happy – significant effort was put in to ensuring that they had a ready supply of both. Many shows were held in amphitheatres, over two hundred of whi
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PAPYROLOGISTS & POLICEMEN
No scholar has ever seen something like the scroll known as the Artemidorus Papyrus. With a length of about two and a half meters and a height of just over thirty-two centimeters, it may date from Roman times. It appears to contain a Greek book on ge
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Fame And Fortune
Some highly-skilled individuals chose to fight in the arena against wild animals, the fiercer the better, using it as a way to demonstrate their martial skills – and, in some cases, as a good way to make money, particularly in the provinces. Those wh

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