59. Crudele gladiatorum spectaculum et inhumanum 'nonnullis' videri solet; et 'haud scio' an ita sit, ut nunc fit. Cicero Tusculan. ii. 17. He faintly censures the 'abuse', and warmly defends the 'use', of these sports; oculis nulla poterat esse fortior contra dolorem et mortem disciplina. Seneca (Epist. v. i.) shows the feelings of a man.