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Les Arènes, Arles, France

Arles has no shortage of Roman ruins, and the main attraction is the elliptical amphitheatre. Standing inside, taking it all in, I thought it was enormous, but it turns out it was only the 20th largest in the Roman world. Here, beginning in 70 A.D., gladiators, criminals and slaves encountered their end before 20,000 spectators. […]

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