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= The History of Bullfighting  = ==﻿ Bullfighting has been around in Spain for a very long time. This ritual did not actually start in Spain, the most ancient sign of bullfighting was found on a was painting that was discovered in Knossos, Crete from around 2000 B.C.E. Bullfighting was popular in ancient Rome and was fully developed in the Iberian Peninsula. Moors in North Africa turned bullfighting into more of a ritual. Bullfights at this time featured a fierce fighter on a horse who would kill the bull assisted by flagmen on foot. These flagmen began to gain more attention and we have the modern corrida, minus a few things. The final evolution to the bullfighting that we know today was majorly helped along by one of the first matadors named Francisco Romero. In 1726 he invented the muleta which is the cape that the matadors use to guide the bull through all those elaborate motions. He also came up with the idea for the estoque, which is the sword that the matador uses to eventually kill the bull. ==