 Another is not recorded in Europe until the Medici giraffe in 1486, although they were first seen in Rome in 58 BC, and were impressive enough to be detailed in the games of Augustus and Commodus, there is no mention of hippopotami at Titus' games.Martial reports a contest between an elephant and a bull, and the elephant, having won, knelt before Titus.This may have formed part of its training, but Martial attributed it to a spontaneous recognition of the Emperor's power.