Posted on 06/07/2010 10:16:54 AM PDT by RDTF
London, England (CNN) -- Heads hacked off, a bite from a lion, tiger or bear, massive muscles on massive men -- all clues that an ancient cemetery uncovered in northern England is the final resting place of gladiators, scientists have announced after seven years of investigations.
The archeological dig has found "what may be the world's only well-preserved Roman gladiator cemetery," the York Archaeological Trust said.
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“...massive muscles on massive men...”
How does one know what the muscles look like when they decomposed thousands of years ago?
Sounds like Anderson Cooper is now writing copy.
FMCDH(BITS)
Maybe they will find that famous gay gladiator, Gluteus Maximus
Oh, my.
What’s so... funny about ‘Biggus Dickus’?
CENTURION: Well, it’s a joke name, sir.
PILATE: I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called ‘Biggus Dickus’.
GUARD #4: chuckling
PILATE: Silence! What is all this insolence? You will find yourself in gladiator school vewy quickly with wotten behavior like that.
BRIAN: Can I go now, sir?
slap
Aaah! Eh.
PILATE: Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this.
GUARD #4: chuckling
PILATE: Wight! Take him away!
CENTURION: Oh, sir, he— he only—
PILATE: No, no. I want him fighting wabid, wild animals within a week.
CENTURION: Yes, sir. Come on, you.
GUARD #4: Ha ha haa ha, ha ha ha. Hooo hooo hoo hoo. Hoo hoo...
PILATE: I will not have my fwiends widiculed by the common soldiewy. Anybody else feel like a little... giggle... when I mention my fwiend... Biggus...
GUARD #1: chuckling
PILATE: ...Dickus?
GUARD #1: chuckling
PILATE: What about you? Do you find it... wisible... when I say the name... ‘Biggus’...
GUARD #3: chuckle
PILATE: ...’Dickus’?
GUARD #1 and GUARD #2: chuckling
PILATE: He has a wife, you know. You know what she’s called? She’s called... ‘Incontinentia’. ‘Incontinentia Buttocks’.
GUARDS: laughing
PILATE: Stop! What is all this?
GUARDS: Ha, ha ha ha ha ha...
PILATE: I’ve had enough of this wowdy webel sniggewing behavior. Silence! Call yourselves Pwaetowian guards? You’re not— Seize him! Seize him! Blow your noses and seize him!
Nah they found Naughtius Maximus and his buddy Biggus Dickus
Boy, life was tough back then. No big signing bonus, no NFL orthopedists, no arthroscopic surgery when things went wrong, no transfusions or anesthesiologists. Just getting your head hacked off and being buried with a pile of horsemeat. No thanks.
“So, Bobby. Do you like gladiator movies?”.
That mindset of that culture is difficult for me to understand. People had to sit down and plan these things out.
YEARS ago I read a book on some of the behind-the-scenes-arena stuff.
One chapter told of the flesh of dead gladiators or others being sewn on to burlap. Slaves then had to wear this covering and go into a lions cage, acting submissive.
It seems the newly-captured lions were afraid of humans and had to be trained to attack them. That and to get them used to the taste of human flesh. Rough on the slaves. Reminded me of the meticulous way the Nazis designed their crematoria to use the melting fat of their victims as a fuel supplement.
The book also mentioned a bunch of sickos who would wait along the route of the Christians as they were led to the lions or other animal slaughters. They would jeer and feel up the victims as they passed. One time the guy in charge got so disgusted, he captured them and put them “on stage” with the Christians.
The book also mentioned how baboons were trained to rape children.
Gave new meaning to the word “depraved”.
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horrifying. Would appreciate it if you could ping me if you remember the name of that book.
Thanks for the ping(s) SC! Fascinating ...
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