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Tauromachy (bullfighting) is a very ancient ritual: the spanish one is just one of its most recent formalisation. Venationes (hunting games) were common practic
by lou1306 6y ago
Tauromachy (bullfighting) is a very ancient ritual: the spanish one is just one of its most recent formalisation. Venationes (hunting games) were common practice in Rome. The picture of gladiators fighting lions in the Colosseum is iconic, but bulls were also used.
- usrusr 6y agoI wonder wether the whole Matador thing is a direct-line descendant leftover of the games in Roman time Iberian arenas or if there have been discontinuities and reinventions along the way.
- riffraff 6y agoIt's also older than Rome, there are plenty of Minoan era representations of bullfighting (leaping, but that's still a tradition in France and Spain, too). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-leaping https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-leaping