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					 The Place of Animals in Ancient Rome  | 
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					 Sports and Personal Use  | 
				 
					 Religious or Symbolic Use  | 
			
| lions, tigers
					  gladiatorial combat  capital punishment horses  contests  races bears, giraffes, elephants  parades  park displays wild boars, fish, fowl  hunting cats, dogs, insects  personal pets  | 
				 
					 Venus and dove, Jupiter and eagle  association with gods she-wolf  founding of Rome goats, boars, small birds  sacrificial offerings to gods  |