[EveningStar]

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[GregoTX]

What is worse... that or putting up with Lady Gaga for the halftime show?

[BenLurkin]

Evidently, the editors at Live Science are not football fans.

[American in Israel]

Sounds like American TV. Which is in the home for the children to watch...

The Romans would be horrified.
(Glass houses and all that)

[Biggirl]

This year it is supposed to be Coldplay for the halftime show.

[LowOiL]

Reminds me of fake wrestling matches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMKFIHRpe7I

[KarlInOhio]

I have to admit, last year's Super Bowl would have been more entertaining with biting sharks than dancing sharks.

[PROCON]

Fascinating read, thanks!

[yellowdoghunter]

Great article, one seems to forget the absolute evil of the Roman Empire. I was glad to see Christianity was not left out of the equation, it prevailed in the end.

Thanks for posting.

Also, please let Gaga (she is no lady) be dressed decently tomorrow. That is my only wish.

[Vince Ferrer]

Except for the scale, it was quite a bit like ISIS.

[SkyDancer]

I’ve always wondered what football would have been like back then; with gladiators and all.

[MarMema]

Just like the current batch of liberal wolfpimps who enjoy the sadism of the kills.

[x]

It can't have been worse than Coldplay.

[Oatka]

Bestiarii even went so far as to instruct condemned men and women on how to behave in the ring to guarantee a quick death for themselves - and a better show. The bestiarii could leave nothing to chance.
YEARS ago I read a paperback that detailed some of this. As pointed out, the animals basically feared humans, so the Bestiarii had slaves dress in burlap with chunks of human flesh sewed to the fabric. Said slave would then cower and be submissive before the animal and after a while, the animal figured "What the Hell". Sometime it didn't stop at the chunks.

Perhaps most shockingly, it was said that he was among the few bestiarii who could command animals to rape human beings, including bulls, zebras, stallions, wild boars and giraffes, among others.
The same book mentioned how they trained baboons to rape pre-teen girls for the entertainment of the audience.

One blooper was pulled when they starved some lions and then led the Christians into the arena. The lions keeled over dead from starvation and there was a scramble to get replacements for the animals - and afterwards, for the Christians.

A tale of Karma related that some really despicable pervs would line the path where the Christians had to enter the arena and molested them before they went out. One emperor was disgusted with them to the point that he threw them into the arena as well. The crowd loved it.

[gnarledmaw]

Yes, after tonight it would be preferable.

Ive often said that the amount of talent of the musician performing is in inverse proportion to the number of dancers present. Proved correct again.

Did you notice whats her face bent over and wafted her gas away with her hand? How is it that a person with that much money cant afford a proctologist to find whatever is causing her so much discomfort that she moves that way?

[trisham]

I love football.

[Theophilus]

Wife and kids were eager to see it till she got disgusted by Behindsee.

[colorado tanker]

I’d say the modern American movie and TV audience is about as bloodthirsty, but through the miracle of special effects the victims aren’t actually dying.