Vegetarian gladiators...

[Anonymous]

Its amazing what you can find if you look for it.<br>
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(a) they were called the barley men ??<br>
(b) the pictoral evedence shows no sandals??<br>
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My questions would be did the rest of Slavedom eat steak for dinner and just how fat would a slave get ( un-gelded of course ) on this diet if he was working his gelds off ?<br>
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The illustrations & statuettes dont show tubby gladiators & would you appredciate the sight of overweight, slow ( but strong) slogging matches lasting.. ooooh ...seconds ? And how big would the shields need to be ??<br>
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Maybe they aren't bandageds on the Thracians legs ...its rolls of fat !!<br>
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Seriously ... does anyone out there know how a barley diet would affect weight ?<br>
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