Key Terms: Venator/venatores Missio Venatio/venationes
bestiarius/bestiarii Telegonii Taurocentae Ludus Matutinus
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197 BCE ostriches seen in Rome 186 BCE Marcus Fulvius Nobiliors
staged hunt 169 BCE 1 st recorded animal hunt as part of the annual
games
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Zliten Mosaic showing the full day of games (Libya c. 200
CE)
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Mosaic from Zliten, Libya, 200 CE
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Killing Ostriches on the Zliten Mosaic
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Safety Measures The Roman Colosseum
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Stadium at Aphrodisias
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System used in the stadium of Aphrodisias
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Trap doors for animals (Oudna, Tunisia)
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Reconstruction of the mechanisms used to lift animals to the
arena floor of the Colosseum
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Lead weights and travertine pillar used to lift animals to the
Colosseum floor
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Underground tunnels of the amphitheatre in Puteoli, Italy, with
cages for wild animals and openings for trap doors
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Animal Catalogue from the House of the Ostriches, Sousse Animal
Catalogue, Rads
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Venatores fighting animals
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Neaterius, venator, victor over 3 bears (House of the
Ostriches, Sousse, 3 rd century CE) note leather gloves
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Mosaic showing animals fighting (Sousse, Tunisia, 3 rd century
CE)
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Just in case you think its all about killing animals in
mosaics: mosaic of all four factions with the names of the horses,
along with their (unnamed) trainers (Sousse, Tunisia; 3 rd century
CE)
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Cicero and Cilician panthers
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Mosaic of Magerius from Smirat, 3 rd century
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Escalations 58 BCE: Scaurus 55 BCE: Pompey the Great 46 BCE:
Julius Caesar 13 BCE: Augustus 2 CE: Augustus 12 CE: Augustus c. 39
CE Caligula 80 CE: Titus 107 CE: Trajan
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Pompeys Elephants
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Mosaic from Smirat, Tunisia, to commemorate the venatio of
Magerius (3 rd century CE)