Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, ), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals

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Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, ), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals 
Esp., when the contest with animals became more usual in the public spectacles at Rome (not yet customary A.U.C. 583, B.C. 171, ), bestia designated, without the addition of fera, a wild beast destined to fight with gladiators or criminals 

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