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The Rise and Fall of the Colosseum
The Colosseum opens in like 70 something AD. It's a districtly creative. Like what kind of madman comes up with that? I mean, that's just the beginning. And they have this real ability as soon as someone is condemned or enslaved or is set outside of the category of person basically and person is entirely to do with status. You can be killed, but it cannot be a crime and it can actually be brilliant that it happens.
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