Atrabiliousaurus@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTIL that the worst stadium disaster in history was the collapse of a wooden amphitheater in 27 AD that killed 20,000 people.en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the worst stadium disaster in history was the collapse of a wooden amphitheater in 27 AD that killed 20,000 people.en.m.wikipedia.orgAtrabiliousaurus@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
Just came across a mention of this in the toldinstone video How Dangerous Was the Front Row of the Colosseum?.
minus-squareIzzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoI wonder if the numbers were exaggerated. I find it hard to believe they counted the bodies accurately.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·11 months agoWhy do you find it difficult to believe that humans two thousand years ago could clount? Eratosthenes calculated the axial tilt of the damn planet three hundred years prior.
I wonder if the numbers were exaggerated. I find it hard to believe they counted the bodies accurately.
Why do you find it difficult to believe that humans two thousand years ago could clount? Eratosthenes calculated the axial tilt of the damn planet three hundred years prior.