![]() ![]() But later this same man, betrayed by Alexandrine treachery, offered himself to the dagger of the vilest slave, and then at last discovered what an empty boast his surname was. he then believed that he was beyond the power of Nature. ![]() O, what blindness does great prosperity cast upon our minds! When he was casting so many troops of wretched human beings to wild beasts born under a different sky, when he was proclaiming war between creatures so ill matched, when he was shedding so much blood before the eyes of the Roman people, who itself was soon to be forced to shed more. Do they fight to the death? That is not enough! Are they torn to pieces? That is not enough! Let them be crushed by animals of monstrous bulk! Better would it be that these things pass into oblivion lest hereafter some all-powerful man should learn them and be jealous of an act that was nowise human. 6-8 ĭoes it serve any useful purpose to know that Pompey was the first to exhibit the slaughter of eighteen elephants in the Circus, pitting criminals against them in a mimic battle? He, a leader of the state and one who, according to report, was conspicuous among the leaders of old for the kindness of his heart, thought it a notable kind of spectacle to kill human beings after a new fashion. Seneca, Epistles 7 - (on the gladiatorial games).For others, you will have to click on the link to obtain thetext (located elsewhere on the web). The texts for some passages are provided directly on thispage. Each author's name is linked to the EncyclopaediaBritannica article on him, to provide you some context for yourreading. Read the following passages from various Roman andGreek authors. Spectacles of Blood: Gladiators & Martyrs FYS 251 Spectacles ofBlood: Roman Gladiators and ChristianMartyrs Primary Sources for GladiatorialGames ![]()
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