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-square14fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1320arrow-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-square14fedilinkfile-text
Just came across a mention of this in the toldinstone video How Dangerous Was the Front Row of the Colosseum?.
minus-squareAtrabiliousaurus@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·11 months agoAs 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.
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.