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Condemnation to the beast:
The Romans staged violent spectacles like *damnatio ad bestias* ("condemnation to the beasts") in the Colosseum, where prisoners faced wild animals for public entertainment. Seneca noted the crowd's appetite for death, and Cassius Dio observed that far more humans died than animals.
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Condemnation to the beast:
The Romans staged violent spectacles like *damnatio ad bestias* ("condemnation to the beasts") in the Colosseum, where prisoners faced wild animals for public entertainment. Seneca noted the crowd's appetite for death, and Cassius Dio observed that far more humans died than animals.