Note 207 — THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE, COMMONLY CALLED THE COLOSSEUM. (continued 2)

“Catabolum erat locus, in quo feræ erudiebantur sive ad mansuetudinem sive etiam ad crudelitatem, quam in bestiarios exercerent.” (Papias.)

“Catabolum est clausura animalium, ubi desuper aliquid jacitur.” (Vossii, Lexicon Etymologicum.)

The Catabolensis or Catabolici were the men who fed the wild beasts, and threw down their food from the small passage before mentioned. (See p. 17.)