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To: blam
contemporary references to gladiators as "barley crunchers".

does this mean that when Nero had Christians executed he would order:
"Set the "barley crunchers" on the "mackerel snappers?"
9 posted on 03/01/2004 6:36:22 PM PST by John Beresford Tipton
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To: John Beresford Tipton
Here's another good link, better article http://www.murphsplace.com/gladiator/gladtimes.html
10 posted on 03/01/2004 6:40:28 PM PST by FastCoyote
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