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The Colosseum. & Other Sports Arenas. The Design. Largest amphitheater in the Roman World Perimeter = 545 m. across Built out of travertine with iron clamps to hold the blocks . Who Built It. Begun in AD 70, finished by AD 80 Also known as the Flavian Amphitheater
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The Colosseum & Other Sports Arenas
The Design • Largest amphitheater in the Roman World • Perimeter = 545 m. across • Built out of travertine with iron clamps to hold the blocks
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
Daily Shows • Morning – Wild Animal Hunts also known as Venationes • Midday – Public Executions • Afternoon –Gladiatorial Contests
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
model Posts for awnings
Interior Underground channels
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
Colosseum Poor, slaves, and women
Banned Groups • Gravediggers, actors and those who had fought previously as gladiators were banned from watching the fights
