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Originally Posted by Klondike
The romans were always trying to think up ways to jack up attendance too (at Coliseum events), but as far as i know, they never resorted to naked women. They would just kill a lot more of people. Anyway, thanks for this as i always want to know the story behind these events. I'm not sure of my geography, but its even possible that the home team has a real ancient Roman coliseum in their town. Doubt you could play modern soccer in it, but boy - wouldn't playing in that add some realism to a Roman coliseum themed event? 
Klondike |
As football, soccer is popular in several big cities throughout whole France, in some cities/regions especially in the Languedoc Roussilon (the great region by the Mediterranean see and the Spanish border) with cities like Nīmes, Narbonne and Perpignan, rugby is even more popular. Remember the world championships were held in France!!!
Those mentioned cities are all old historic cities with a roman tradition and for example Nīmes is having an old Roman coliseum in a good condition for their age. Also not forget to mention that this region is well known for their topless and nude beaches!!! (Cap d'Agde is in this region)
