The day Commodus killed a rhino : understanding the Roman games /
The Roman emperor Commodus wanted to kill a rhinoceros with a bow and arrow, and he wanted to do it in the Colosseum. Commodus's passion for hunting animals was so fervent that he dreamt of shooting a tiger, an elephant and a hippopotamus. His prowess was such that people claimed he never misse...
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Witness to ancient history.
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