D. They hoped the rise in prices would increase their income.
Personally, I think it's because it was simple and free entertainment. Given that there wasn't a taboo around death and watching others die, and it actually being encouraged, like how it was in Anciient Rome, I'd say a lot of people would actually at least try out visiting a gladiatorial contest.
<span>if you mean the civil war they were used to silence critics with the threat of arbitrary arrest.
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