Yes indeed, it is true there a few books that alibi the lion always won in Rome like here...
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1. “Next, the arena was lowered to feature combat between them -- Romans cheered as lions tore apart tigers, an went up against bears, leopards against wolves. It goes without saying that the Romans had never heard of animal rights.”
~Ken Spiro; WorldPerfect (Book)
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2. The Memoirs of Cleopatra
“They took on tigers, bears, bulls, and wild boars. Usually the lion won. page 284” (Book)
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3.Despite the final appearance given by the movie, tigers were largely unsuccessful in the gladiatorial area. Lions were more popular as they put on an excellent fight display, where as tigers were surprisingly reluctant to enter into battle. Placed in with lions, the tigers would often simply retreat.
Tiger Territory (Book)
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4. "Another subspecies very closely related to the Asian lion - the Barbary lion or Panthera leo leo - became extinct in the wild in 1922 (in Morocco). This animal the Barbary lion had been the dominant animal in the blood sports of the Roman arenas."
~Martin Seyer's dissertation (synopsis), (Vienna University Documentation).
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Most people straight from Rome, like italy, baglug an other districts, have told me that tell any one if they think tiger's alway's won, to come here themself's. You wont find to much statue's an art of tiger's, but you'll find at mostly every corner in every town, a statue dedicated to the Champion of the gladitorial arena, the "Lion".

my pal,
the nature chose to make them so.....
it's indeed about aggression,stamina and skills, but do also count physical strength, muscle mass, intelligence and speed.
as you know, momentum = mass * velocity,
therefore it's clear that tiger's punch will have more impact every time since it has both mass and speed advantage.

it makes sense..................

my pal,
the nature chose to make them so.....
it's indeed about aggression,stamina and skills, but do also count physical strength, muscle mass, intelligence and speed.
as you know, momentum = mass * velocity,
therefore it's clear that tiger's punch will have more impact every time since it has both mass and speed advantage.

it makes sense..................

It's useless to debate

We can never determine who is Superior
that will depend on the individual animals fighting,

if you outweight somenone by 60 pounds
does that mean that you will win the fight

how about if the lion is 550-Lbs
and fights a Tiger thats 450-Lbs the smaller subspecies? what then

No it's all about
-Aggression
-Stamina
-Fighting Skills

you do realize that tigers beat lions in every roman fight

you do realize that tigers beat lions in every roman fight

hey p.d.

well researched but i dont agree with u ....

1. tigers do not stay with their mothers for 4-5 years! they only stay with her for about 30-36 months and they attain full sexual+ physical + intellectual maturity at the age of 3 yrs. maximum.and then set of to build then own territory..

2. u are right that a lion is a very experienced fighter; but its not a born fighter. these are the situations that make him the fighter. and u have judged the tiger wrong, tigers are fiercely territorial. though they dont fight as much as lions but they do fight very often and till death.tiger death rates are very high in territorial disputes, they even fight with sloth bears in India and with black and brown bears in siberia. and we know what strength a bear has...

3. u didn't just bother about other factors like size; strength; stamina; agility; smartness; fighting style and skills; intelligence; misc etc.
and tiger excels in all. they hunt larger animal and dont live in a pride so they know how to takcle animals if they r alone and thus a solitary lion cant beat a solitary tiger.....not at least 10 on 10..... a tiger will win about 7-8 times off 10.............

agree with you 100percent!!!