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Originally Posted by irish
Its easy to parallel, gladiators were the athletes of their time like our athletes today. Both making lots of $. Fights to the death were rather uncommon (despite what hollywood shows) because popular gladiators were stars that fans wanted to see again.
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how many pro athletes risk death based on the whims of king/emperor/etc?
last i check the answer was none. a lot of those fighting in arenas were also slaves. How many slaves our on your team's MLB roster? it's not nearly the same.