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[–] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They had some pretty effective motivation techniques.

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Where there is a Whip, there is a Way.

https://youtu.be/rERo2BYdVnY

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No no, they were indentured servants.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean prisoners with jobs?

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 20 hours ago

Incarcerated persons with mandatory employment opportunities.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Threw human death and suffering at it until it was done.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 day ago

No, no, the question was how The Colloseum was made, not Teams.