No one was going to waste expensive meat on slaves.

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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It depends on the owner and the slave in question but otherwise sure, there were obviously plenty of slaves who never got the fame or wins to get their little treats.

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• Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not all gladiator scenery slaves. It was a profession like a boxer.

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  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And also was a lot less gory as depicted, with some being closer to modern pro wrestling than anything else.

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• DupaCycki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Interesting how when ‘barely men’ revolted they managed to slaughter ’organized armies of real men’ 10x their number.

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  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If have gone with a more obvious joke format like “men? I barley knew them!”.

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  • frog@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If this a troll, I’ll bite.

    Mr. Connery, the phrase is “barley men”, not “barely men”.

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    • DupaCycki@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wish it was a troll. I just can’t read.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I misread the post too, but chalked it up to mocking conservatives for believing it would make them barely men.

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• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Makes one curious of slaves and gladiators were allowed garum. It seems ubiquitous but how much was spent on those about to die?

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  • Chivera@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They weren’t about to die. It was a spectacle. They were entertainers.

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• PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Barley was a sign of degradation and poverty, but the dietary regimens of gladiators were often quite expensive. Pescatarianism was highly regarded by the Romans for both health and cultural reasons.

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  • Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I feel like you are a professor or history teacher or something lol

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    • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      PugJesus, so yes

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• expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  definitely no corn, beans or peppers before Columbus

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  • m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or pumpkins, but those ones look way too small to eat

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  • zerofk@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or orange carrots before the Dutch.

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  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pepper is from south Asia, and was available to the ancient Romans through Arab traders.

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    • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper

      may want to edit Wikipedia then

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  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It was the penne that felt out of place for me

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    • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Rigatoni, tyvm

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    • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Image

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  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No banana either

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• Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Indeed

  They were not fed the high quality foods

  But this was to fatten them

  So they would get an extra layer of protection

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  • cybervseas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    More padding for the stabbing

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    • prenatal_confusion@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Missed chance for accent

      Paddin’ for the stabbin’

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