Looking for a city with an arena....please help!

[quigs]

Does anybody know of a city/town in Hyboria that actually has a gladatorial style arena? I'm sure I can easily make this up in one of the many areas that are not detailed fully in the sourcebooks/stories, but what culture would best fit this kind of recreational activity?

At first glance, it appears Koth, Argos, Ophir, or Corinthia would most fit this kind of Roman-esque activity.

 

[Strom]

Definitely Corinthia would have arenas, plus Corinthian controlled Luxor in Stygia had gladiator fighting as described in the really bad pastiche Conan the Gladiator by Leonard Carpenter.

 

[GregLynch]

Messantia has an enormous arena for gladiatorial sports, an important element of the city's culture. Plus, it's already written up for you in an attractive boxed set by yours truly.

 

[quigs]

Fantastic! Now I must purchase yet another city boxed set

But first I have to crack open Shadizar once it arrives....any day now

This is great news though, Argos or Corinthia seem perfect to base this arena in.

Thanks guys!

 

[Trodax]

There is just something grim and brutal about combat as a spectator sport that screams Hyborian Age to me. I could actually envision arenas in most of the Hyborian Age nations, except perhaps the ones (like Aquilonia) were its been supplanted with the more sophisticated jousting.
Zamora, Turan, Shem, Stygia - it would work for me!

The arena in Messantia was actually one of the things I liked the most about that boxed set. Gladiatorial arenas are just so damn evocative!

 

[urdinaran]

I know that there was a thread long ago about slavery in various Hyborian nations, but what about arena combat? In which countries is it legal, and which is it not?