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.

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