Look up venatio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Venatio (Latin: venatio, "hunting", plural venationes) was a type of entertainment in Roman amphitheaters...

military victory, ludi were often connected to triumphs. The first recorded venatio (staged beast hunt) was presented in 186 BC by M. Fulvius Nobilior as part...

Rome, tigers were displayed in amphitheatres; they were slaughtered in venatio hunts and used for public executions of criminals. Mongol Emperor Kublai...

the second were those who faced them voluntarily, for pay or glory (see venatio). The latter are sometimes erroneously called "gladiators"; to their contemporaries...

Suetonius agree that gladiatorial contests and a wild-beast hunt, the venatio, also took place at the lake area, but they again disagree on the details...

were immensely popular. Another major attraction was the animal hunt, or venatio. This utilized a great variety of wild beasts, mainly imported from Africa...

again at Apamea). These are, at least initially, drawn from the popular venatio ("hunting") displays in the amphitheatres, where a variety of exotic beasts...

Goose pulling Human-baiting Octopus wrestling Rampokan Steer wrestling Venatio Badger-baiting Bear-baiting Betta-fighting Boar-baiting Bull-baiting Bull...

tigers, leopards, hyenas, and wolves. The first such staged hunting (Latin: venatio) featured lions and panthers, and was arranged by Marcus Fulvius Nobilior...

heathy hill country north of Turin. The name itself derives from Latin, Venatio Regia meaning "Royal Hunt". It was enlarged to become a luxurious residence...

Venatio fighting a lion in the Colosseum...

geometrical patterns, often interspersed with animals. Scenes of hunting and venatio, arena displays where animals are killed, are popular. Byzantine mosaics...

North Africa, lions were regularly captured by experienced hunters for venatio spectacles in amphitheatres. The Morocco national football team is called...

citing Aulus Gellius 5.14, who credits Apion as an eyewitness attending the venatio; Seneca, De beneficiis 2.19.1; Aelian, De natura animalium 7.48. Keith...

that time. In Roman times, there was a demand for ostriches to use in venatio games or cooking. These birds usually would have come from the North African...

sand. In Roman times, there was a demand for common ostriches to use in venatio games or cooking. They have been hunted and farmed for their feathers,...

costumes and weaponry of the protagonists in sections of the mosaic depicting venatio (hunting) and munus (swordsmanship). Ville found that the short-sleeved...

around the world to practice fighting techniques, such as training for venatio. Upon arriving to the ludus, gladiators would be separated based on their...

[Roman History] (in Ancient Greek). Bouley, Elisabeth, "La gladiature et la venatio en Mésie Inférieure et en Dacie à partir du règne de Trajan", Dialogues...

Detail of venatio with Sabatius Inscription...

could be fulfilled by other abstract nouns derived from verbs such as vēnātiō 'hunting'. Gerunds are distinct in two ways. Every Latin verb can regularly...

banks. Others were enlarged at enormous expense to fit the entire space. A venatio held there in 169 BC, one of several in the 2nd century, employed "63 leopards...

*staggijô PGmc *raihą PGmc *bukkaz deer hart doe hind stag roe buck venison venātiō/nis PGmc *gamainijaz PGmc *bī- + *lūtilaz PGmc *putōną+ *dūn PGmc *lēgaz...

aristocracy practice skills of war in times of peace. In ancient Rome the "Venatio" was a form of entertainment that pitted humans against animals in an amphitheater...

his left, is usually identified as Bacchus or Liber Pater. Amphitheatre venatio shows were often depicted in villa mosaics. "The Magerius Mosaic". Current...

de Bello Gallico. Aurochs were occasionally captured and exhibited in venatio shows in Roman amphitheatres such as the Colosseum. Aurochs horns were...

the different gladiatorial shows and fights against wild beasts, called venatio. The building was constructed using siliceous and calcareous pebbles, as...

off, but the upper part of Oxley's ear had disappeared. Animals portal Venatio Sporting Magazine, Volume 18 Spectator Archive: The Dog-Fight at Hanley...

restructuring, and rationalization in the dramatic structure. Venationes (sing. venatio) were a form of entertainment that involved hunting and killing wild animals...

or CBM. 1st-century AD revetment plaque, probably from a frieze, with a venatio in an arena 1st-century AD fragment with head of Jupiter Ammon, of unusually...