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I think you should ask the reverse: What was unique about that time period that created these spectacles? Entertainment and fighting have always existed (and s

by ars 1y ago

I think you should ask the reverse: What was unique about that time period that created these spectacles? Entertainment and fighting have always existed (and still do), but usually not to the death.

wqaatwt 1y ago
> and still do), but usually not to the death It usually wasn’t to the death in ancient Rome either. Unless your were being executed. I don’t think that the violence part was unique in any way, Romans were the first commercialize it and scale it up to such an extent though.
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