The BRUTAL Fate of a Beast Fighter in the Colosseum | History For Sleep

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Tonight, you’re not a gladiator. You’re something worse: a venator — a beast fighter condemned to die for the crowd’s amusement. Thrown into the Colosseum with a trident, a costume shaped like a boar, and no hope, your job isn’t to win. It’s to bleed at the right time.

This is the slow, devastating story of how Rome built its most beloved spectacle on bodies like yours — trained for a week, fed lies, dressed for irony, and forgotten before the next match began.

No glory. No redemption. Just meat for the empire’s machinery.


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History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Whether you're hearing about plagues, peasant life, or papal trials, it's all narrated at a soothing pace with a dry wit designed to lull you into unconsciousness. Brought to you by the Drowsy Historian, each episode is 1–2 hours of immersive bedtime history with just enough absurd detail to keep you listening — until you aren’t. Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian