Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . for the public exhibitionsof the arena. Afterwards the number was in-creased to a hundred and seventy-five the occasion of the opening of the Coliseum,Titus gave a celebration extending through ahundred consecutive days. Still the Romansdemanded mor
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . for the public exhibitionsof the arena. Afterwards the number was in-creased to a hundred and seventy-five the occasion of the opening of the Coliseum,Titus gave a celebration extending through ahundred consecutive days. Still the Romansdemanded more. After the conn nest of Dacia. 80 LWIVKLSAL niSToRY. — THK WOULD. Trajan rcLalcd tlip city with a ofhumlml and twcnty-tlin,. .lay. duiatinn. Aithe rage yet satisticd. Begiuuiug in tiic times tlic Ilipulillc \vithe contests of limii-iit lionic Im|foreig!i parts to destroy lacli other in the anijiu tlu |.res,.ore of the nmhitudr, hlon,| was whrttcl until it . of men. Then came the contest be-tween man and l>east. If the man slew thebeast, there was a shout; if the beast devouredthe man, a shout still louder. Finally, it wasthe combat of mau w ith m m It ^\ a^ the reignof tht _didiitois Foiei^rii ciptnes ?\\eietramtd in the aitni fhost ^^ho di-tm- ppetiteed the. gui lu I thim-thcs 1^ s\\()ulsmen weie ?«el-coini 1 w ith ippHu-e Then the Roman him-self <.au_lit the andiition of peisoual \ictoiyover an antagonist. The young nobles of thecity eagerly disciplined themselves in the useof the sword and sought admission into thearena. Tiiey were received with unboundedfavor. Tlie maidens of Rome clapped theirhands with enthusiasm and leaned forward tosee the death-thrust sent home by some favo-rite. The emperors themselves grew jealousof the common fame and became Conimodus, and Caracalla thought them-selves more honoreij liy tlieir victories in thearena than in tlie field. Commodus boastedthat he
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