An American tourist had to be prized off a metal fence outside the Colosseum in Rome after tripping and being impaled through ...

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An American tourist had to be prized off a metal fence outside the Colosseum in Rome after tripping and being impaled through his lower back. Witnesses reported that the man was unable to free himself ...

An American tourist had to be prized off a metal fence outside the Colosseum in Rome after tripping and being impaled through his lower back. Witnesses reported that the man was unable to free ...

Vendors likely operated outside the amphitheater and ... That exotic backstory gave them elite status in Roman society. Their appearance at the Colosseum was partly to show off.