• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    11 months ago

    This reminds me of that AskHistorian thread of someone asking where people parked their chariots when Roman citizens went to the coliseum.

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      11 months ago

      Heh. Their palanquin or litter would drop them off and go sit in an alley or street somewhere, probably. Like how carriages in later centuries would.

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        Palanquins were used only by noble families, if even. Less than 1% of the population and even less than that of the amount of people who would assist to the coliseum were carried there. Almost everyone just walked.