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Colosseum: Rome's Iconic Gladiator Arena

Explore the Colosseum, the grandest amphitheater from ancient Rome. Discover its history, design, daily shows, and audience, revealing the brutal yet captivating world of Roman entertainment. Learn who built it and the banned groups from attending. Compare it to other Roman sports arenas like the Circus Maximus and Circus of Domitian in this intriguing journey into ancient Roman spectacles. Unveil the cultural significance of these monumental structures in shaping Roman society.

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Colosseum: Rome's Iconic Gladiator Arena

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  1. The Colosseum & Other Sports Arenas

  2. The Design • Largest amphitheater in the Roman World • Perimeter = 545 m. across • Built out of travertine with iron clamps to hold the blocks

  3. Who Built It • Begun in AD 70, finished by AD 80 • Also known as the Flavian Amphitheater • Begun by emperor Vespasian, finished by his son, Titus

  4. Daily Shows • Morning – Wild Animal Hunts also known as Venationes • Midday – Public Executions • Afternoon –Gladiatorial Contests

  5. Who watched the shows • Women were not encouraged to attend, but Romans would sometimes take their children to the fights so they could learn good moral behavior (how to die like a Roman) • Upper class did not usually attend public executions

  6. A Reconstruction

  7. model Posts for awnings

  8. interior

  9. Interior Underground channels

  10. Royal Box

  11. The Seating • Multiple Entrances and exits allowed for quick seating of 50,000 • Emperor and Vestals on first level • Senators also sat on first level, but had to bring their own chairs

  12. cross

  13. Ad bestias

  14. Ad bestias 2

  15. music

  16. Colosseum Poor, slaves, and women

  17. Banned Groups • Gravediggers, actors and those who had fought previously as gladiators were banned from watching the fights

  18. Other Sports Arenas

  19. Piazza NavonaCircus of Domitian

  20. Neptune Statue

  21. Piazza Navona

  22. Once a circus….

  23. Model of Circus Maximus

  24. Circus Maximus

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