THE COLOSSEUM known as the Flavian Amphitheater or the Flavian amphitheater. Built by Emperor Vespasian ordered in honor of his royal majesty, has been inaugurated by his son, Titus, in AD 80 with festivities lasted 100 days.
Colosseum name comes from a large bronze statue as high as 38 meters, known as the 'Colossus', Nero wanted to build the image in the Domus Aurea. The Colosseum, designed by Rabirio or maybe Gaudenzio, where many fights between the Gladiators, execution, and show Naumachie hunting.
Colosseum is the venue for a spectacular show 5 kinds of battles for hundreds of years. It is estimated that thousands of people and animals die in the show at the Colosseum. The fifth fight is the fight between animals (venetaiones), the battle between humans and animals prisoners, execution of prisoners (noxii), water fight (naumachiae) by flooding the arena, and the battle between gladiators (munera).
Development Colosseum is enough sadistic and bloody. The historian Dio Cassius says, 9,000 wild animals were killed at 100 days as a celebration of the inauguration and opening of the Colosseum. The floor of the Colosseum arena was covered by sand to prevent blood-the blood does not flow anywhere.
Colosseum-size 48 meter height, length 188 meters, 156 meters wide, and the area around the building about 2.5 hectares. Wooden arena measuring 86 x 54 meters and covered by sand. Elliptical or spherical shape of the Colosseum point to prevent the players fled to the corner and prevents the audience closer to the performance arena.
Colosseum name comes from a large bronze statue as high as 38 meters, known as the 'Colossus', Nero wanted to build the image in the Domus Aurea. The Colosseum, designed by Rabirio or maybe Gaudenzio, where many fights between the Gladiators, execution, and show Naumachie hunting.
Colosseum is the venue for a spectacular show 5 kinds of battles for hundreds of years. It is estimated that thousands of people and animals die in the show at the Colosseum. The fifth fight is the fight between animals (venetaiones), the battle between humans and animals prisoners, execution of prisoners (noxii), water fight (naumachiae) by flooding the arena, and the battle between gladiators (munera).
Development Colosseum is enough sadistic and bloody. The historian Dio Cassius says, 9,000 wild animals were killed at 100 days as a celebration of the inauguration and opening of the Colosseum. The floor of the Colosseum arena was covered by sand to prevent blood-the blood does not flow anywhere.
Colosseum-size 48 meter height, length 188 meters, 156 meters wide, and the area around the building about 2.5 hectares. Wooden arena measuring 86 x 54 meters and covered by sand. Elliptical or spherical shape of the Colosseum point to prevent the players fled to the corner and prevents the audience closer to the performance arena.