In ancient Rome, Carpophorus was the most famous of the beast-fighting gladiators, called bestiarii or venatores. We know he was famous enough to have been part of opening the Flavian Ampitheatre, more famously known as the Colosseum, in 80 CE. He frequently dealt with bears, lions, leopards, and boars. One time he even defeated and killed a rhinoceros with a single spear!
But the most famous story about Carpophorus is that he killed twenty animals, by himself, in a single battle. The poet Martial compared him to the mythical age: “Let the glory of Hercules’ achievement be numbered, it is more to have subdued twice ten wild beasts at one time.”
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