1 posted on
10/21/2014 12:59:30 PM PDT by
dware
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To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
10/21/2014 12:59:45 PM PDT by
dware
(3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
To: dware
Gladiators were troublesome slaves, but someone thought they’d have a Patrician diet? Huh?
3 posted on
10/21/2014 1:01:53 PM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: dware
4 posted on
10/21/2014 1:01:57 PM PDT by
stormer
To: dware
6 posted on
10/21/2014 1:04:11 PM PDT by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: dware
“You’d figure a typical Roman gladiator to be a real meat-and-potatoes guy, right?”
Considering potatoes didn’t arrive in the old world from South America until the 16th century, no.
8 posted on
10/21/2014 1:06:54 PM PDT by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
To: dware
>>>>>>gladiators from the city of Ephesus
Everybody knows they were the nancy boys of the empire. Couldn’t even hold a small flask of decent scotch.
9 posted on
10/21/2014 1:07:21 PM PDT by
prisoner6
(Stop the Stupid)
To: dware
What did the cannibal roman say when he killed his mother-in-law?
Im glad he ate her
Thank you, I’ll be here all week, try the veal.
11 posted on
10/21/2014 1:09:02 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: dware
I figure they ate whatever they were given.
12 posted on
10/21/2014 1:10:10 PM PDT by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: dware
I assumed they ate this stuff ... not too far off.
13 posted on
10/21/2014 1:11:23 PM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
To: dware
I’m still waiting to hear the “One weird trick the gladiators used to win.”
To: dware
I was just wondering: How would gladiator’s have played football back then ....
16 posted on
10/21/2014 1:26:16 PM PDT by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: dware
A recent documentary said the gladiator's diet was mainly a grain based gruel, and plenty of it - they apparently liked to put on a layer of fat which helped to absorb some of the combat strikes. It probably didn't help if one is on the ground, waiting for the big shot's thumb.
Most gladiators were slaves, but not all - the better known ones had fan clubs and some type of trading cards, like baseball players today.
17 posted on
10/21/2014 1:35:47 PM PDT by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: dware
To: dware
reports at the time referred to gladiators as "hordearii," or "barley eaters," possibly meaning that they ate lower-quality grain than other people. Yeah...because that's (uuuuurp!) the only way you can get barley into yer diet...
To: dware
Grain powered the empire, school kids used to know this.
24 posted on
10/21/2014 1:57:39 PM PDT by
dangerdoc
((this space for rent))
To: dware
Gladiators were part of a business and meat was expensive, hence very little meat was served them.
26 posted on
10/21/2014 2:00:23 PM PDT by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: dware
I remember from high school Latin class as we were reading Caesar’s commentaries on the Gallic Wars that everybody in class was a little shocked about the legionnaires complaining when they had to eat meat when grain supplies ran short. A diet heavy on animal fats and proteins was considered barbaric. Their protein came mainly from fish and fowl (although roasted door mouse was a nice little gourmet appetizer). The Roman staple was always wheat or some other grain (barley) in a pinch. Bread riots resulted when supplies of wheat from Egypt were interrupted by politics or pirates.
27 posted on
10/21/2014 2:06:04 PM PDT by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: dware
30 posted on
10/21/2014 2:42:06 PM PDT by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: dware
Must be where Moochelle got her school lunch plan from.
31 posted on
10/21/2014 2:48:48 PM PDT by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: dware
Of course they were poking around the boneyard of the losers.
I wonder what the winners of the contests were eating??
32 posted on
10/21/2014 2:49:48 PM PDT by
Noob1999
(Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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