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minus-square@AnUnusualReliclinkEnglish3•5 months agoWomen would have been on the upper level, not mixed with the men.
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish2•5 months agoWhile this is true by a strict reading of Augustus’s laws, there is evidence that the formal segregation of sexes in the Colosseum was often ignored in practice, for both mundane and practical reasons.
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish2•5 months ago“THIS ISN’T GERMANIA! THERE ARE RULES!” “Walterius, calm down-”
Women would have been on the upper level, not mixed with the men.
While this is true by a strict reading of Augustus’s laws, there is evidence that the formal segregation of sexes in the Colosseum was often ignored in practice, for both mundane and practical reasons.
Even the romans were lawless. 😞
“THIS ISN’T GERMANIA! THERE ARE RULES!”
“Walterius, calm down-”