Roman Games
The Roman Games soon developed an Etruscan flavour and the mob demanded and enjoyed the stimulation and excitement of increasingly expensive' and bloodthirsty spectacles. Admission was free ’to the majority of seats and the. prices of reserved places near those of the equestrian order were manipulated by ticket sharks in the approved New York manner. . y
An awning, covered the Arena and the Emperor or his representative presided at the games. Queues often formed the previous night and one imperial sufferer from insomnia turned out his guard to suppress the noisy multitude. j .The. performance usually started with the executions for the day. These were followed by gladiatorial processions, then combats and spectacles in which the clumsy and unskilful forfeited their lives/
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Cue (NZERS), 1 June 1944, Page 8
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