We Who Are About to Die Salute You

One month later.

The Coliseum. A majestic and complex amphitheater built to entertain the most powerful people of the Roman Empire. In it, the members of the senate and the highest class citizens, known as patricians, the commoners referred to as plebeians, and slaves, would all join hands in spectating battles to the death between impressive warriors and ferocious beasts.

Capable of holding over fifty thousand people, this marvel of architecture was mostly empty, as the main show would usually take place later in the evening, and it was now still early afternoon. Nonetheless, the few thousands of spectators present did not fail to make their presence known, as their cheering was heard hundreds of meters away, reminding the citizens of the capital that the entertainment had already started.