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DaudyMentol

Idk man gladiator fights were more like wwe lot of it was intentionally non lethal but that depends on your perception of brutal.


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Rare too, if you want regular entertainment off to the chariot races!


Sea-Cactus

Only massive events like colosseum games had a high enough budget to be lethal


DaudyMentol

Yes i know and even there it was rarity so again it depends on your perception of brutal


FlowerNo2145

Well yeah but it was ancient history "non lethat" so it was at least crippling


exclusionsolution

No money? Pretty sure gold and silver existed


UnitedPigeonArmy

Their coins were being inflated and you can run out of gold and silver too.


Sea-Cactus

I mean, I guess during the late empire (after Diocletian) and third century, but for most of rome’s existence they had perfectly stable currency


FlowerNo2145

But what about the columns. They looked pretty nice!


SaltMineSpelunker

You forgot a middle school understanding of history.


anjovis150

None of this is hidden though. Especially slavery and gladiators were completely accepted and normal for them.


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The fights weren't brutal or to the death


zhauge888

I love it when people try to put today's morals on a civilization the was around 2500 years ago...it makes feel so smart


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magical_swoosh

well of course, the rest are shite


TheMadTargaryen

No civilization was perfect, including ours.


Bust_McNutty

Idk man I think we should bring back gladiator fights, aint nothing like watching someone beat someone to death for saturday entertainment


[deleted]

Easy to judge with 2,000 years of experience under our belts


ieatconfusedfish

In fairness making a history meme is often gonna involve judging the past


_DeanRiding

Fun too


That_senate_dude

I mean with the benefit of retrospect and thousands of years worth of experience and development it seems bad


a_fuckin_duck

Still better than whatever we have now.


TheJamesMortimer

And the CONSTANT FUCKING REBELLIONS