The Muunera Origin Controversy

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tombs of valorous warriors; when the cruelty of this custom became evident, it was decided to make gladiators fight before the tomb” The agreement among modern scholars on this subject generally ends with this notion.
The main subject of the munera origin controversy is based on the question of who were the first group of people to practice this early form of gladiatorial combat. The first widely believed origin is that the Romans adopted this practice from the Etruscans. The Etruscans were a group of people that were slightly more advanced than the Romans and occupied the territory directly to the north of Rome. The Etruscan city-states likely had a large amount of influence over Rome in its early stages. It is generally agreed upon among

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