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The Coliseum

The Coliseum. By Abbi D’Angelo and Brittany Flagg. What was the Coliseum? How long did it take to make?.

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The Coliseum

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  1. The Coliseum By Abbi D’Angelo and Brittany Flagg

  2. What was the Coliseum? How long did it take to make? The Coliseum was an enormous amphitheater. Construction began circa 70 A.D. It is elliptical in shape, approximately 610 feet wide at maximum, and around 160 feet high. The exterior of the building was calcium carbonate. The inner walls were made of a stone called tufa. Monolithic concrete was used for the seating area. Canvas was used as a roof-like awning.

  3. Vocab & Skills • Gladiators- criminals, slaves, and prisoners. They would fight other humans or animals for entertainment. • Masts- used to support the veloria, and they were made from silk. • Vomitoria- 64 entrances leading to the seating area. Used for exiting quickly as well. • Arches- made of bipedali brick; about 2 ft. tall • Drainage system-the Coliseum was built on the site of an artificial lake, so a working drainage system needed to be figured out. • The Romans invented CONCRETE to help create the Coliseum. We still use concrete today!

  4. Why was it important? It prevented rampage on the streets because people were more focused on the entertainment. It also provided free food or the people. It reduced the amount of boredom for the citizens. It made people more happier with the emporer as well.

  5. How was the Coliseum REVOLUTIONARY??? The Coliseum was a great revolution for Rome. It brought a steady, exciting form of entertainment to all people. It was also a sign of a great advanced civilization, because the ability to have something as large as the coliseum built could only exist for those who have great knowledge of architecture. The Coliseum may also have helped to encourage the empire’s growth. It made citizens happy and therefore more willing to obey the government, and perhaps it even interested outsiders enough for them to join the empire.

  6. Do Coliseum events connect to today??? • Gladiators were the star of the Coliseum (if they survived). They were usually male slaves who looked strong and were never freed. Some poor men joined just for the food. On rare occasion, women trained (then they were banned from doing so in 200 A.D.) Gladiators would fight either each other or exotic animals to the death. • Chariot races were also very danger. Two people would stand on a chariot pulled by two horse, and try to win using almost any means.

  7. TODAY • Wrestlers are the modern equivalent to gladiators. Though “to the death” is no longer necessary, the barbarianism of the fighting is still there. • Horse races and foot races are similar to chariot racing.

  8. Chariot races were wild, dangerous, and brutal.

  9. The gladiators who won were practically heroes of the Coliseum.

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