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Colosseo

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Colosseo

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  1. Colosseo

  2. Colosseo • The Coliseum, originallyknownas Anfiteatro Flavio, isthe mostfamous Roman Amphitheater, and islocated in the city centreofRome. As it can contain up to 50.000 spectators, itis the largest and the mostimportant Roman amphitheatre, and the mostimposingmonumentofancientRomethathas come tous. • The Amphitheaterwasbuilt on an area on the easternboundaryof the Forum. ItsconstructionwasbegunbyVaspasianin 72 a.d and wasinaguratedbyTitusin 80 a.d, with more changesmadeduring the Domitianreign. • No longer in useafter the 6th century, the hugestructurewasvariouslyreusedthroughout the centuries, aswellas the material.Thename ‘colosseum’,whichderivesfrom the nearby statue ofColossusof the SunGod ,onlybecamewidespread in the middle ages. Soon the building became a symbolof the imperial City,the expressionofanideologyofthe desiretodefinetemplatescelebratoryrecreationof the people.Todayitisthe symbolof the city and oneofit’s major touristattractions.

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  4. ImperialAge • Nerva and Trajan did the work, attested by inscriptions, but the first restoration took place under Antoninus Pius. In 217, a fire, likely sparked by lightning, caused the collapse of the upper structures, the work restoration of the Coliseum did quit for five years, from 217 to 222, during which time the games were moved to the Circus Maximus. The restoration work was begun under Elagabalus (218-222) and carried out by Alexander Severus who remade the colonnade on summacavea. The building was reopened in 222, but only under Gordian III, the work could be considered closed. Another fire caused by lightning was the origin of the repairs ordered by the emperor Decius in 250 . Inscription by Decio Mario VenancioBasilio to celebrate the restoration of the Coliseum, played at his own expense after an earthquake (CIL VI, 32094) After the sack of Rome in 410 by the Visigoths under Alaric, on the podium that surrounded the arena was engraved an inscription in honor of the Emperor Honorius, perhaps due to renovations. Honorius forbade gladiatorial ludi and then was used to venationes. The inscription was later canceled and rewritten to remember the great works of restoration after an earthquake in 442, at the hands of praefectiurbiFlavioSinesioGennadius Paul and RufioCecina Happy Lamp. Constantius II, the highly admired . Other restoration following an earthquake occurred again in 470, by the consul Messius Phoebus Severus. Restoration work continued even after the fall of the empire: after an earthquake in 484 or 508 the prefect urbiDecio Mario VenancioBasilio oversaw the renovations at its expense . 

  5. Venationes continued until the time of Theodoric. We have the names of the most important senatorial families from the time of Odoacer entered on gradus: this custom is much older, but periodically the names were deleted and replaced with the new occupants (also depending on the different levels between Clarissimi, spectabilis and illustres ), in which only those of the last preparation before the collapse of the empire.

  6. Realizzata da: Elisa e Cristian

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