Bestiality: First instanced as public entertainment
Bestiality was a common form of entertainment in the Roman arena - in the words of R. E. L.
Masters in "The
Prostitutes In Society", mass bestiality, as public display in Rome, was "a phenomenon
unique in all of history".
Beasts were specially trained to copulate with women: if the girls or women were unwilling
then the animal
would attempt rape. A surprising range of creatures was used for such purposes - bulls,
giraffes, leopards,
cheetahs, wild boar, zebras, stallions, jackasses, huge dogs, apes, etc. The beasts were taught
how to copulate
with a human being either via the vagina or via the anus. In the modern world occasional
shows are staged where
an animal copulates with a woman but there has never been anything comparable to what was
seen in the Roman
arena.