Italian name: Colosseo
The Roman Colosseum or Coliseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre,
wascommisioned in AD 72 by Emperor Vespasian. It was completed by his son,
Titus, in 80, with later improvements by Domitian.
The Colosseum is located just east of the Roman Forum and was built to a practical design, with its 80 arched entrances allowing easy access to 55,000 spectators,
who were seated according to rank. The Coliseum is huge, an ellipse 188m long and 156 wide. Originally 240 masts were attached to stone corbels on the 4th level.
Just outside the Coliseum is the Arch of Constantine (Arco di Costantino), a 25m high monument built in AD315 to mark the victory of Constantine over Maxentius at Pons Milvius.
Roman Forum and was built to a practical design, with its 80 arched entrances allowing easy access to 55,000 spectators, who were seated according to rank. The Coliseum is huge, an ellipse 188m long and 156 wide. Originally 240 masts were attached to stone corbels on the 4th level.
Vespesian ordered the Colosseum to be build on the site of Nero's palace, the DomusAurea, to dissociate himself from the hated tyrant.
His aim was to gain popularity by staging deadly combats of gladiators and wild animal fights for public viewing. Massacre was on a huge scale: at inaugural games in AD 80, over 9,000 wild animals were killed. pan>and was built to a practical design, with its 80 arched entrances allowing easy access to 55,000 spectators, who were seated according to rank. The Coliseum is huge, an ellipse 188m long and 156 wide. Originally 240 masts were attached to stone corbels on the 4th level.
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Roman gladiators
were usually slaves, prisoners of war or condemned criminals. Most were men, but there were a few female gladiators. These combats were attended by the poor, the rich, and frequently the emperor himself. As gladiators fought, vicious cries and curses were heard from the audience around the Roman Colosseum. > pan>and was built to a practical design, with its 80 arched entrances allowing easy access to 55,000 spectators, who were seated according to rank. The Coliseum is huge, an ellipse 188m long and 156 wide. Originally 240 masts were attached to stone corbels on the 4th level.
One contest after another was staged in the course of a single day.
Should the ground become too soaked with blood, it was covered over with a fresh layer of sand and the performance went on. The gladiatorial games continued until Christianity progressively put an end to those parts of them which included the death of humans.
羅馬競技場或鬥獸場，最初被稱為弗拉維安露天劇場(Flavian Amphitheatre)，是由皇帝維斯帕先(Emperor Vespasian)在公元72年命名的。競技場由維斯帕先皇帝下令修建，在其兒子提圖斯在位期間建成，後來的國王圖密善(Titus,)在公元80年也曾修建過它。
古羅馬競技場坐落於古羅馬廣場西方，擁有總數量高達八十座的圓形拱門入口，這項極具實用性的設計，讓五萬五千名的觀眾們都能夠輕鬆的進入古羅馬競技場並按照階級分層坐好，完全不必人擠人。這座橢圓形競技場足足有一百八十八公尺長、一百五十六公尺寬。起初在第四層是設有兩百四十根桅杆輔助著石樑托來支撐整座競技場。
君士坦丁凱旋門就在羅馬競技場外面，建於西元315年，高25公尺，是一座為了紀念君士坦丁在米爾維奧橋戰勝馬克森提烏斯的歷史遺跡。
皇帝維斯帕先命令將羅馬競技場建於尼祿的金宮，他便能與自己痛恨的暴君劃清界線。他為了娛樂大眾，讓角鬥士和野獸在大庭廣眾下搏鬥。在公元80年的開幕典禮，超過9000頭野獸在這場大廝殺死去。
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羅馬角鬥士通常由奴隸、戰俘或死囚組成，大多數是男人，但也存在一些女性角鬥士。這些角鬥，不論貧人富人皆會入席觀賞，往往還包括皇帝本人。在角鬥士們戰鬥時，能聽到環繞競技場的觀眾發出的惡毒叫喊與咒罵聲。
羅馬角鬥士通常由奴隸、戰俘或死囚組成，大多數是男人，但也存在一些女性角鬥士。這些角鬥，不論貧人富人皆會入席觀賞，往往還包括皇帝本人。在角鬥士們戰鬥時，能聽到環繞競技場的觀眾發出的惡毒叫喊與咒罵聲。
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