Gladiator’s fighting in ancient theaters in Macedonia. Remains of ancient theaters were discovered in Stobi, southeast of Veles, Bitola – Herazlea Lterzstos, Ohrid – LSChnidos, all of the Greek type, adjusted for gladiatorial and struggling with wild beasts (Venatioes), and Roman type in Skopje – Shotsi. These struggles are held in the Theater in Stobi (ⅱ – ⅵ c.), Which is determined on the basis of a gladiator’s relief from a pillar of a pillar, the existence of Nemzeion in the scanning building, the fence before the first seats (Balustrade), the lowered Level of the Boriculture (Consography), sand and channel from it to Crna Reka. It is known that in the time of Hadrian (117-138) theaters in the provinces were capable of amphitheater performances. In Macedonia, Gladiator’s struggles took a swing from ⅰ c. And they were held, with certain interruptions, everything., And the fighting with wild animals by the end of the same century. Lit.: Dushan Stanimirovic, testimonies of gladiatorial fighting in the ancient theater in Stobi, articles about the history of physical culture of Macedonia, Skopje, 1976, 107-114. D. S.
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