▲ 20 ▼ TIL 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.org) submitted 3 years ago by Atrabiliousaurus@reddthat.com to c/til@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments Just came across a mention of this in the toldinstone video How Dangerous Was the Front Row of the Colosseum?.
[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago* (3 children) 20k in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ + 27 is probably half the fucking population of the entire city permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] athos77@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago The population of Rome the city at the time is estimated at about one million people. So twenty thousand is like 2% - one out of every fifty people in the city died in that stadium. permalink fedilink source parent [–] aeternum@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago he's not my lord. I worship no one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Atrabiliousaurus@reddthat.com [S] -1 points 3 years ago Interestingly, Jesus probably heard about this disaster. Woulda been a current event for him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] athos77@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago The population of Rome the city at the time is estimated at about one million people. So twenty thousand is like 2% - one out of every fifty people in the city died in that stadium. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aeternum@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago he's not my lord. I worship no one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Atrabiliousaurus@reddthat.com [S] -1 points 3 years ago Interestingly, Jesus probably heard about this disaster. Woulda been a current event for him. permalink fedilink source parent