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Roman gladiators ate a largely vegetarian diet of grains and beans.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Roman gladiators ate a largely vegetarian diet of grains and beans?

Unclear. Two sources partially support the claim: a bone-strontium analysis reporting the hypothesis that gladiators were vegetarian barley-eaters, and an isotope study of the Ephesus gladiator cemetery finding wheat and barley as staple foods. Neither covers the full general claim about Roman gladiators' diet.

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Evidence for · 2
The Best Athletes in Ancient Rome were Vegetarian! -
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The Best Athletes in Ancient Rome were Vegetarian! - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3761927/

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Stable Isotope and Trace Element Studies on Gladiators and Contemporary Romans from Ephesus (Turkey, 2nd and 3rd Ct. AD) - Implications for Differences in Diet
2014
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Lösch, S., Moghaddam, N., Grossschmidt, K., Risser, D. U., & Kanz, F. (2014). Stable Isotope and Trace Element Studies on Gladiators and Contemporary Romans from Ephesus (Turkey, 2nd and 3rd Ct. AD) - Implications for Differences in Diet. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110489

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