Colosseum

 

When you thibk of rome one of the frist things that come to your mind is the roman colosseum made during the 70-80 A.D. The emeperor Vespasian  but mostly by flavin dynasty. Considered the largest ever built made by stone and concrete. Capabl of having 50,000 people first it was used as a gladiator contest, animal hunts and executions but that way of entertainment ceased in the early medieval era than for housing, workshop and religious purpose.

The current name has been derived from the statue of Colossus. From all the places i've seen in ancient rome the colosseum was the one that attracted my attention the most. it has a very complex structure it has four floors three of them has an wide-arched entrances the other a rectangular form. There are 76 entrances plus 4 that are reserved for the emperor, nobles and the gladiators. The interior is divided into three parts the arena were the show occures, the podium were the emperor and nobles were seated and the cavea were animals stayed before the combat. While looking at the arena i could see that the arena was made of wood and sand and a tall net which protect spectator from falling. The seats were arranged according to social status the first three seats from the first three rows were reserved for the nobles.

 

The photos below show how the colosseum look when it was just builted and how it looks now