Why 24, why not 25, or 100?
Especially when so many of our other numerical systems are all base 10?
But thats just the beginning.
The history of the 24-hour day continues on from there, but thats the root of the story.
Sounds serious, and of course it is, but where did the charges come from?
He sexted his girlfriendwho is also in high school.
But if youre the victim of a crime, youre a minor.
Most were spared and survived for fighting another day.
Thats why Marcus Aurelius became bored with the games and used to dictate letter to his secretaries during them.
Julius Caesar, 400, Pompey 600 lions, 20 elephants and 400 leopards.
Augustus (10 AD) brought the first tiger and 3,500 elephants.
Trajan (102 AD) killed 11,000 animals in the arena.
By the 8090 AD they were the very best part of the games.
He blew down a wild boar
[with a spear]
!
And he still had forces to receive his prizes!
So a boar, a bear, a lion and a leopard
one after the other
.
The venatores made people cheer to the max.
Wild, ferocious animals made a common appearance.
Indeed, you hardly ever hear of the extinctions because of the Roman Empire.
The larger elephants of Northern Africa were extremely over-hunted, and became extinct.
Another answer mentioned the Venatores, the hunters of the arena.
These were the very fighters who slaughtered these countless numbers of animals.
Its also one that few historians find heroic or dramatic enough to include in books.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
[via Quora]
WhatIsa Thing, and What Is It Made Of?
More specifically, what are things?
What is something, and what makes up things, or rather, everything?
Also Im totally that bird.
Have a great week.
[via Kurzgesagt- In a Nutshell]
Thats all for this week!
Title GIF by Nick Criscuolo.
Additional photos byCarlos Adampol GalindoandMoyan Brenn.
