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During the 1st Century, how many gladiator games were fatal?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although the likelihood of a gladiator perishing in the Colosseum varied depending on the Roman era, it’s a common misconception that the games were always fatal. According to the University of Chicago, a gladiator’s odds of falling in combat were about one in ten. In fact, nobody died at all in Nero’s Campus Martius amphitheater for a whole year.

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During the 1st Century, how many gladiator games were fatal?

• One in ten
• One in five
• All of them
• About half