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Lelabear t1_j6k3aga wrote

Guess that was after they filled the coliseum with water and

recreated sea battles?

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CrestedBonedog t1_j6l6e4u wrote

The naumachia under the Augustus and other early emperors were as far in the past for the people living in 9th century Rome as the Middle Ages are to us today. The last gladiator battles were outlawed in the late 4th century by Theodosius I.

Good for him.

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