English Explanatory Dictionary

damnatio ad bestias

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of ancient Roman capital punishment in which the condemned was killed by wild animals, usually lions.

Word forms

damnatio ad bestias

Etymology

Latin [Term?] (literally “condemnation to beasts”)

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