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Ancient Romans utilized the foundation of Greek theater by borrowing the open air, semi-circular structure, while also innovatively altering the physical space to include an expanded stage. They also ...

There was some real “grizzly” violence in the arena. It turns out that the “Gladiator” movies’ lurid depictions of man-on-beast gladiatorial bouts aren’t as far-fetched as some might believe — ...

Gladiatorial spectacles often involved some of the most fearsome creatures Romans could get a hold of, like lions and bulls. The Roman amphitheater at Viminacium, evidently, had at least one brown ...

Across the Roman empire, wild animals were exploited for public entertainment. In these "spectacles," often held in amphitheaters like the famed Colosseum in Rome, animals were used as circus ...

Papers from a symposium held by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in May 1996. CHM copy 39088018195974 gift of the Parsons/Cooper Hewitt Masters Program. Tragedy and the spectacle of ...

The ancient brown bear skull was found at the Viminacium amphitheater in Serbia, providing the first physical evidence of the species’ involvement in Roman “spectacles,” researchers said. Marković, N.