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The dead of the Colosseum (or Coliseum, or Flavian Amphitheater), fell into three categories: dead animals, dead gladiators, and executed criminals.

I have no idea what they did with the dead animals. Exotic animals were probably still worth something, even dead, because of their skins.

When a gladiator died, he was taken out of the area via the Gate of Libitina (a death goddess). I've heard more theatrical ideas that they were taken out by someone dressed as Pluto (god of the underworld), or Charon (ferryman for dead), or that someone dressed as Hermes (who conducted dead souls to the underworld) would test the dead with a hot Poker. However, I don't know what sources support this.

Gladiators were slaves. Slaves, the poor, and executed criminals were buried in pits. Burials were outside the limits of Rome to reduce the spread of disease.

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