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HistoryAsia on Twitter: "Upon unearthing 22 gladiator bones from a roman cemetery, scientists found that the gladiators ate wheat, barley and beans, barely eating meat. This heavy carb diet gave them a
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Roman Gladiators Mostly Ate a Vegetarian Diet, new study finds. Contemporary reports referred to them as "hordearii" ("barley eaters"). Difference between gladiators & the normal population is highly significant in terms of
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