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Italica was the birthplace of the Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian
Hadrian was born to a well-established family which had originated in Picenum in Italy and had subsequently settled in Italica, Hispania Baetica (originally Hispania Ulterior).
Someone confidently added a zero to the estimated Roman population of 8000, apparently figuring that with an arena seating 45000, the figure must have been a typo. It wasn't.
There is a simple reason why, when the arena was flooded, gladiators didn't "fight alligators"— an improvisation inspired by a trip to pre-Disney Florida, one suspects. I added a reference to the naumachia. --Wetman 08:06, 16 September 2006 (UTC)Reply
