The dark side of the Colosseum

The Colosseum, the world's largest amphitheater, hosted diverse events like gladiatorial contests, animal hunts, and more, with gladiator battles being a crowd favorite. Later repurposed, it now stands as an iconic symbol of Rome and the Roman Empire.

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[Taketimeout]

It was built for the film Gladiator.
Every American knows that.

[jamesgraham]

Where the olympics, and sports in general started.

[gregputman]

Gladiators very rarely fought to the death. Also, the mock naval battles happened for only a very short period of time. Those are two modern exaggerations.

[Mississippicommunistparty]

A moc sea battle? Wtf am I the only person who’s confused by this one?

[thegentlegibbon]

No one ever stops to think about how there were like at least 5, 000 farts in the audience during each show.

[familynwheels]

The naval battles seems cap tbh and I presume as always the stories are always ramped up

[tranquilanimaljamlover]

50, 000?
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium hold 140, 000 so....😕

[thehipmusicologist]

It’d be so annoying to watch something there

[jimmyjames]

B.S. they had two gladiator fights per year