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    The Colosseum (#44) The Imperial Roman Era Vespasian: The Flavian Empire Rome, Italy 70 - 80 BCE Concrete and stone Context: Nero, the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, faced execution after setting a large fire to burn. Committing suicide to escape the embarrassment of execution, Nero left Vaspian to take rule. Politically fueled, Vaspian reclaimed the land Nero had once confiscated for private pleasures and built The Colosseum as his first undertaking. Longing to be depicted as a genuine

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    Rome, The Roman Colosseum Historians have always used great structures from the ancient world to find out information about the kind of lives they used to live. The Colosseum in Ancient Rome, Italy was one of the most famous structures. The Colosseum in Rome gives historians a number of insights to the type of civilization that existed during the time of the ancient empire, through the gory battles and violent games that took place. This can be proven by the purpose of the Colosseum and the context

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    The Colosseum is one of the finest example of Roman history. Built at around 70 A.D, the Roman Colosseum has been the site of celebration, sporting events and bloodshed (“Colosseum”). Located just east of the Roman Forum, it is at the center of Rome. The Colosseum, showcasing Rome’s advance engineering skills, is a symbol of Rome’s society, culture and life. With its many tunnels and pulley system, it showcases Rome’s finest engineering's at work (“Purpose of the Colosseum”). The Colosseum is a large

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    SOSE Script Hello guys, today I am going to talk about one of the most impressive architectures in history. The colosseum, and how it has influenced our modern architecture. This architecture has managed to remain notable up until today. Even in the world full of tall buildings, it stands as the glorious monument to represent the Roman Empire and its entertainment. The Roman Colosseum, or the Flavian Amphitheatre was first commissioned by the emperor Vespasian in the year of 72 AD. It was built

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    been used in the colosseum for gladiator fights. Some might believe that animals were used to make the fights more entertaining. But I believe that it was very unkind to the animals and inhumane. This is misguided because they could have use something else to entertain themselves like plays or something other than killing thousands of animals and humans. Many animals went extinct in the colosseum. The animals killed a lot of people at the colosseum. They(people in the colosseum and the townspeople)

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    The Roman Colosseum is highly important to Roman Culture “Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.” -Venerable Bede, Saint. The Roman Colosseum became and still is a major historical structure known in the entire world. It's more than 2000 years old, and its engineering and construction has influenced stadiums and arenas all over the world, it also has taught and fascinated millions of tourists, historians, etc from

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    roman colosseum Colosseum which was also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre was the largest outdoor theatre in all of the Roman Empire. The Colosseum had many different types of entertainment involving lots of death. In later years the Colosseum was used as a cemetery a holy ground and many other things. The Colosseum had very advanced technology for its time. The Colosseum is one of the most well known Roman buildings. Why was the Colosseum built and what was the purpose of it? The Colosseum was

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    the most important things to understanding Rome is their fixation with violence and war. Without an understanding of why and how the Romans had such extremely violent games in the Colosseum it is incredibly difficult to comprehend Roman culture and the motives of their actions. The cause and effects of the Roman Colosseum come about after the Punic wars. Roman culture is also very interesting because it in some ways is opposite to our own. The importance of the gladiatorial games can be seen

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    In 75 CE, Emperor Vespasian started construction on the Flavian Amphitheater, known today as the Colosseum. It is the largest amphitheater ever to be built, and is considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering. It is an iconic Roman symbol. The Flavian Amphitheater received the name “Colosseum” from the nearby statue of Nero, called the “Colossus”(Lubell).  The building was part of a wider construction programme begun by Emperor Vespasian in order to restore Rome to its former

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    the Colosseum stands at a whopping 159 feet tall, and is 510 feet wide. Also known as the Flavian Amphitheater, it is the largest arena in the world, holding 48,000 spectators for a variety of events. This massive amphitheater was created as a gift for the Roman people from their Emperor. The Roman Colosseum is important for many reasons. The main one being that it was an arena for all the games of the time such as chariot races, gladiator battles, lion fights and so on. During the Colosseum games

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