The_History_Of_The_Coloseum_Construction_And_Social_Signific

The History Of The Coloseum:Construction And Social Significance The Roman Colosseum exists today as a monumental relic of an Empire. Time has worn away at its 2,000 year-old concrete walls and seats leaving behind a daunting shadow of what it once was. A large earthquake hit Rome in 1231 causing a large section of the amphitheater to collapse. The 1500’s brought further ruin when Pope Alexander VI allowed it to be used as a quarry for new buildings. It wasn’t until 1744 that Pope Benedict XIV resolved to protect the Colosseum from further damage. Today 17.6 million dollars has been donated for the cleaning and excavation the Colosseum. The structure itself was ingeniously constructed with state of the art materials and tools of the time. Construction began in roughly 72BC. An army of people labored day and night on the project and after 9 exhausting years, the Colosseum was complete. In its peak, it had encompassed over 3.5 million cubic feet of stone and rose over 156 feet high. The arena floor measured 287 feet by 180 feet while the overall structure was a sizeable 620 feet long by 513 feet amphitheater, level, feet, each, arena, ground, construction, building, rome, people, foundation, colosseum, while, high, concrete, workers, structure, stadium, great, first, few, emperor, corridors, built, began, years, tiers, theater, ropes, roman, radial, one, made, floor, flavian