Violence In The Colesseum And The Gladiators

If we think about violence in Ancient Rome, perhaps we will think about the Colesseum and the gladiators, but the truth is that Roman society was a little more fanatic to violence and death methods. Certainly, they are extremely well know because of the games and fight held in the Roman Colesseum, building with the same capacity of modern stadiums (50,000 people), where bloody contests between gladiators and even animals were held.

Besides the Colesseum, it was common the death penalty as well. It was applied to criminals, prisoners of war and people in positions of power. Romans had a wide variety of death penalty methods, where crucifixion was very popular. If we compare nowadays society with these three