Roman Gladiators: Bean-Eating Vegetarians.
Posted by Alex in Everything Else on July 1, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Real gladiators of ancient Rome turned out to be very different from their Hollywood depictions:
Gladiators were bean-eating vegetarians who fought barefoot, participated in refereed matches and suffered floggings if they became inebriated or behaved inappropriately with women, new findings suggest.













