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EPISODE 31 Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Part 2): The Spirit of the Gladiator
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Length:
109 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode: how gladiators were both superstars and despised outcasts at the same time, gladiators’ groupies, Marcus Aurelius’ wife taking a bath in gladiator’s blood, Commodus and his 620-0 record in the arena, the clash between Christianity and gladiators, the evolution of MMA in the early 1990s, having your violent cake and eating it too, gladiatorial video games, Titus Pullo’s badassery, Conan’s prayer
Released:
Feb 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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