The Oxford History Of The Classical World

Scenes Of Beast Hunts (Venationes) in the amphitheatre: mosaic from Smirat in Tunisia (mid third century A.D.). Four huntsmen named Spittara, Bullarius,
Hilarinus, and Mamertinus have been pitted against four leopards named Victor, Crispinus, Romanus, and Luxurius; in the centre a herald holds a tray with four
money-bags, and a pair of inscriptions record the munificence of one Magerius who has put up the money to pay the performers.