Crudele gladiatorum spectaculum et inhumanum nonnullis
videri solet; et haud scio an ita sit, ut nunc fit. Cicero
Tusculan. ii. 17. He faintly censures the abuse, and warmly defends the use, of these sports;
oculis nulla
poterat esse fortior contra dolorem et mortem disciplina.
Seneca (Epist. v. i.) shows the feelings of a man.