lion-baiting
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Lion-bait at Warwick between Wallace and dogs, Tinker and Ball, circa 1827. Lion-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of lions against dogs.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1610 beginnings, 1610s introductions and Baiting (blood sport).
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- 19th century
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thumb|300px|Lion-bait at Warwick between Wallace and dogs, Tinker and Ball, circa 1827. Lion-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of lions against dogs.
==Antiquity== thumb|right|150px|Alexander the Great Antiquity has examples where groups of dogs defeat the 'king of beasts', the lion. Greek legend reflects Achilles' shield with the depiction of a fight of his dog against two lions. A second is a report that Cambyses II of the Achaemenid Empire possessed a dog that started a fight with two full-grown lions. A third, is reported by a Roman historian, Claudius Aelianus, in which he states Indians showed Alexander the Great powerful dogs bred for lion-baiting. Certainly, ancient historians would embellish and exaggerate their stories, but they do capture the spirit of dog versus lion.
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