How did the Romans Capture Animals for the Colosseum?

YouTube ^ | August 16, 2019 | toldinstone

[SunkenCiv]

Polar bears from the Arctic. Tigers from India. Giraffes from the Serengeti. The Romans brought animals thousands of miles for the beast hunts and shows staged in the Colosseum.

How did the Romans Capture Animals for the Colosseum? | August 16, 2019 | toldinstone

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Loads of YT vids on Roman exploration of Africa

https://www.google.com/search?q=Roman+exploration+africasite%3Ayoutube.com

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.youtube.com/c/toldinstone/search?query=colosseum

[M Kehoe]

Easy, they used Christians for bait.

5.56mm

[cicero2k]

Saw the villa in center of Sicily that retained 35 million mosaic tiles. If you’re interested in Roman history this is bucket list. It’s a photographic album of life back then. It was established there because owner was fed up with politics on the mainland. Sounds familiar as I research getting another passport.

[Bob434]

They sued the past relative of Steve Irwin to get them, or marlin perkins

[BenLurkin]

Verrrrry carefully.

[SunkenCiv]

Probably the ancestor of The Godfather.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Villa+Romana+del+Casale&tbm=vid

https://www.google.com/search?q=Villa+Romana+del+Casale&tbm=isch

[Adder]

Bread crumbs....they left trails of bead crumbs...

And they sent Elmerius Fudius for the smaller game.

[minnesota_bound]

Replace the trucks with chariots and wagons.

Hatari - John Wayne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3xiUdX2PDY

[SunkenCiv]

Upswept Hare, click on time index 2:15
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64b0yl

Roman Legion-Hare (1955)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3djwy5

[Verginius Rufus]

Tranquilizer darts?

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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[V K Lee]

Interesting link. The library of videos
has a lot to offer. “TOLD IN STONE” will
definitely be revisited often.
https://www.youtube.com/c/toldinstone/videos

[tnlibertarian]

[nicollo]

Traded with the Gauls?

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure, and I wholeheartedly agree.