If you've never heard the term "dwarf tossing," you're probably picturing some antiquated practice nestled between gladiator duels and damnatio ad bestias (execution by wild beasts) atop the ...

Damnatio ad bestias was a form of capital punishment in which the condemned were mutilated on the circus arena or thrown to a cage with animals, usually lions. This form of capital punishment was ...

During the noon break, and at other times, the arena served as a place of dramatic public execution, including damnatio ad bestias or obiectio feris (throwing people to the beasts). The victims ...

DAMNATIO ad bestias (Latin for “condemnation to beasts”) was a form of capital punishment which started in Ancient Rome in the second century BC. Between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD ...