[zzzpaz]

I just said it multiple times just go and look at my replies.

Is not required to have an opinion on past events based on nowadays standards. Historian do that all the time, they look at the history with objectiveness especially when is far away to avoid to get trigger by random deaths that happen all the time (even nowadays).

So if you want understand the history the worst thing to do is to cry because someone died. You need to understand events and why these things happened and then maybe you can learn something.

I don't think is complicated to understand, but apparently seems to be the case.

If nobody is offended then why are we here discussing about how many people have died in the colosseum? Just enjoy the fact that now you can see more as compared as what we were able to see before.

Maybe you never been there, so just pay a visit and see the magnificence of it. After all, is still around after 2000 years and pretty well conserved.

[DrSiemer]

So just because it is a long time ago, it is not allowed to be in awe of the staggering amount of deaths that occurred in one single location?

You appear to argue that there is only one valid attitude when it comes to historic artefacts; trying to understand everything, without any kind of emotional reaction.

That's not what I did when I was there. I'm not a historian nor a student of history. I prefer to be in awe.

[zzzpaz]

> So just because it is a long time ago, it is not allowed to be in awe of the staggering amount of deaths that occurred in one single location?

You can from your individual point of view of course. But not to argue on historical facts.

> You appear to argue that there is only one valid attitude when it comes to historic artefacts; trying to understand everything, without any kind of emotional reaction.

Unfortunately that's not me, this is how history is analysed to many extend.

Your view of the history is subjective and by definition could be wrong.

Is not that you can't empathize with deaths that occured in the past, is just that you can't portrait your view as historical fact, is just your opinion as valid as anyone else. Since we can't commit to 7 billion different opinions, we've to use fact and logic to analyze history otherwise it will just be a mess.

Roman empire was not a place where people died only. Was a liberal empire, pretty cosmopolitan, high level of personal freedom (was ok to be gay for example) and it has shaped the entire ancient Europe with streets and reliques that some are still in use today (look at the Roman roman aqueducts).

On the other hands they used to enslave and kill people, like any other country and empire has done before and after that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogen...