Given that the Colosseum was used for some quite gruesome things – battles and gladiator contests – it is no wonder that it’s seen a fair amount of death over the years.
Estimates show that around 50,000 people were killed in the arena, with over a million wild animals succumbing to death at the Colosseum too. The level of slaughter at the arena contributed to the plummeting number of tigers, lions and jaguars around the world – and some say that entire species of wildlife were wiped out across North Africa and the Mediterranean region.
