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A lively day at the Colosseum (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago

The Colosseum sat 50,000 people, there were definitely concessions being sold.

The order you speak of - first were the animal v. animal fights. Then the executions, this is where you get "people being thrown to the lions" kind of thing, brazen bull, all that kind of "creative" violence. Finally the gladiators.