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5 Bloody Spectacles at Ancient Rome’s Colosseum

Roman citizens could enter the arena for free to watch gladiator fights, mock naval battles, wild animal hunts—and plenty of death.
By: Gregory Wakeman
Updated: November 7, 2024 | Original: November 12, 2024


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In order to keep the crowds coming back for more, Roman officials devised increasingly brutal extravaganzas.

“In the end, the games were about othering people and dehumanizing them,” Elkins says. “It was about watching and enjoying somebody else suffer because Romans felt they were better and more privileged.”
https://www.history.com/news/colosseum-gladiators-ancient-rome-spectacles
 
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