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When Man and Mortal Enemies Meet |
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Written by Bob Cline
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
When the Roman soldiers threw their slaves, criminals, and undesirables
into the Coliseum then turned the savage man eating lions loose upon
them, everyone knew what the gruesome outcome was going to be.
However dreadful it was, it was the basic beginning to the man vs.
beast mythology that has followed for over two thousand years. Many a
circus advertisement or circus poster from the mid to late eighteen
hundreds showed a circus performer in a Roman Gladiator outfit as he
wrestled a lion, or even stood with one foot on the lion as the marked
conqueror of such a vicious beast.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 November 2008 )
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