Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 149
most place; and regular training-schools (scholae)were established, under the direction of experiencedlanistae, where combatants might be trained, hired, orpurchased. Even at the banquet, gladiatorial combats were intro-duced ; and the guests, as they sipped their wine, bettedupon their… … Gladiatorial Shows at a Banquet. and gave a zest to his pleasures. In the amphitheatres,he continues, the numbers that fought together ahnostsurpass behef. At the triumph of Trajan over theDacians more than ten thousand were exhibited; andto such an enormous number had the gladiators in-creased…
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