How really \'different\' were the Romans?

[Urselius]

Hell with bears, what about lions? They're at least as scary as bears, right?.

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Would you face one naked with a sword and call it sporting?

Macedonians, they had to kill a boar on foot with a spear before they were allowed to eat with the men. Not many lions were left in Europe by the Iron Age.