Just came across a mention of this in the toldinstone video How Dangerous Was the Front Row of the Colosseum?.

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[–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago

As a percentage of world population that's comparable to like 477,000 people dying at a football game today. Or possibly 1 million people, depending on what population estimate you use.

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