Includes pictures.
Includes ancient accounts of gladiatorial games and other spectacles.
Explains how the Colosseum was designed and built, as well as how seating was arranged.
Describes the different classes of Roman gladiators and the armor and weaponry they used.
Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.
He vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword.
- The gladiator's oath, according to Petronius in the Satyricon.
When the Colosseum was built in the late 1st century A.
, the Romans, a people known for their architectural acumen, managed to amaze themselves.
Martial, a Roman poet writing during the inauguration of the Colosseum, clearly believed the Colosseum was so grand a monument that it was even greater than the other Wonders of the Ancient World, which had been written about and visited endlessly by the Romans and Greeks in antiquity.
Indeed, although the Wonders were wondrous to behold, the Colosseum was a spectacular achievement in architecture, something new and innovative, and therefore an amazing Wonder in its own way.
The Colosseum was designed to be both a symbol and show of strength by the famous Flavian emperors, most notably Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian.
Vespasian had started the construction of the Colosseum shortly after becoming emperor in 69 A.
, but he died before he could present any spectacles in his giant amphitheatre.
That honor went to his son Titus, who celebrated the inaugural opening in 80 A.
with 100 days of games, despite the fact that the Colosseum was not completely finished.
When his brother Domitian came to power in 81 A.
, he finished the amphitheatre, but not without making some changes to the overall design.
By the time it was truly finished, the Colosseum stood about 150 feet tall, with the oval in the center stretching nearly two football fields long and over 500 feet across.
The Colosseum is a large stadium even by today's standards, and its gr.
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