> that both celebrated and embodied the grandeur of Rome.
So what exactly put an end to these inhumane shows? Did the arena become destroyed in a fire or was sacked and plundered, or did the populace lose its taste for gore and grow a conscience or something in that direction? Or was it that these shows went on for the full life of the Roman Empire and yet no following generation and municipality picked it up again and or didn't know how to operate the thing when the empire fell.
So what exactly put an end to these inhumane shows? Did the arena become destroyed in a fire or was sacked and plundered, or did the populace lose its taste for gore and grow a conscience or something in that direction? Or was it that these shows went on for the full life of the Roman Empire and yet no following generation and municipality picked it up again and or didn't know how to operate the thing when the empire fell.