Gladiatorial Contest In Rome

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The games consisted of professional gladiators, prisoners of war, and death row criminals. After the popularity of the gladiatorial games, the religious value still remained. Those who attended the games were dressed up as gods. The slaves were dressed up as the god of Mercury...
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Those who attended the games were dressed up as gods. The slaves were dressed up as the god of Mercury. The people who dragged away the dead bodies were dressed as Pluto, the god of the underworld. When Christians were persecuted, the were sometimes led around the arena in a procession dressed up as priests and priestesses of pagan cults, before the were thrown to wild beast naked...
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