Coliseum

Coliseum The Coliseum was first called the Flavian Ampitheatre, after the men who built it. The builders were emperors Vespasian and Titus. The building of the Coliseum began around 70 A.D. The ampitheartre probably got the name Coliseum because a colossal statue of Nero which stood near it. The Coliseum was finally finished in 80 A.D. It seated over 50,000 people. The opening of the Coliseum was marked by 100 days of games, in which thousands of animals and gladiators were killed. Sometimes, the floors were taken out and were flooded in order to stage naval battles, even though these battles were mostly held in large basins. There were eighty entrances to the Coliseum, and the emperor had his own special one which lead to his “box seat.” From his seat, he was able to decide the fate of the gladiators who fought in the arena. The floor of the arena was coliseum, wooden, ticket, seat, people, each, arena, animals, today, special, seats, seating, sand, passageways, one, marked, made, gladiators, games, floors, floor, entrances, eighty, class, battles, ad, 50000, while, way, vespasian, upper, underneath, titus, thousands, though, taken, stood, statue, stage, spain, spaces, sometimes, senators, seen, seated, sat, row, rich, probably, picked