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RomanColosseum

Itis349AD,youaresittinginthemassiveRomanColosseum,amanandabear
standinthemiddle.Themanisholdingalongknife,hechargestheBear,theycollide.
Thebearkeelsoverdead.Thecrowdof50,000roars,thiswasnormallifeinAncient
Rome.Thearenahostedbrutalgladiatorialgamesandfestivals.TheRoman
Colosseumisrecognizedasanimportantlandmarkbecauseitallowsustoexperience
anareathatoncethrived.Itwasaplaceofgloryandsadness,butonethingisclear.
Thisarenashistoryisverycomplex.
TheRomanColosseumislocatedintheProvinceofRome.Itisamassivearena,
itboastsover80entrancesandcanaccommodateabout50,000people.Thestructure
has4floors,eachwithadifferentcharacteristic.TheRomanColosseumwasaplaceof
glory,andsadness.Butonethingisclear,thisarenashistoryisverycomplex.
Thisarenaisrichwithhistory,itwasbuiltnearly2,000yearsagobytheroman
rulerVespasian,andwhenhedied,hissonTitustookover.Itisunknownwhodesigned
itbuttheyforcedover60,000jewishslavestobuildthearena,injust9years!Thiswas
madetohostbrutalgladiatorialfights,bothman,andanimal.Festivals,aswellas
gamescouldlastupto100days!Itwasalsofreeadmissiontoanyonewhocameand
theywerealsofedthroughoutthegame.Itisthoughtthatover500,000people,mostly


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slaves,losttheirlives.Womanalsofoughttoo.Also,anestimated1millionanimals
werekilled,sometimesover5,000animalswerekilledin1day.Someexamplesof
animalsinthecolosseumareBulls,Bears,Buffaloes,andAntelopes.Manygameshad
rulesandwerecloselywatchedbyreferees.Alsorulersparticipatedinstagedfights.
Gladiatorswereorganizedintodifferentclasses,basedonskilllevel,andexperience.A
populargladiatorwasCarpophorus,hewasknownforkillingover20animalsinone
battle.Oneofthemostmemorablefightswaswhen2gladiatorsfoughteachotherfor
hours,finallytheyeachlaiddowntheirweapons.Theruler,touchedbytheir
sportsmanship,letthemfree.Thelastgladiatorialfightstookplacein435AD.
TheRomanColosseumisrecognizedasanimportantlandmarkbecauseitgives
usapeekintoancienthistory.Itshowsuswhatentertainmentwaslikethousandsof
yearsago.ThishonorsancienthistoryandwhatitwaslikewhentheRomanEmpire
existed.NowtheRomanColosseumisvisitedbyover4.2millionpeopleeveryyear.As
theyearspasseditwasusedforthefortressofthemedievalclans.Itwasalsousedas
aplaceforchristianworship.
TheRomanColosseum,intheProvinceofRomewasbuilttohostgladiatorial
gamesandfestivals.WhenyouvisittheRomanColosseumyouarepulledintoaworld
likenoother.Thishostedgamesforhundredsofyears,untilnaturaldisastersslowly
woreitaway,untilitwasnotusable.Becauseofthisitneededrestoration,andaftera3
yeardelay,itdid.Itgota3.5milliondollarscrubdown..soeveryonecouldexperience
this.TheRomanColosseumanarealikenoother,andisfullofhistory.Solet'skeepit
thatway.


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Bibliography

History.com
http://www.history.com/news/historylists/10thingsyoumaynotkno
waboutromangladiators
LocalNomad.com
http://www.localnomad.com/en/blog/2013/10/01/10interestingf
actsaboutthecolosseuminrome/
Mentalfloss.com
http://mentalfloss.com/article/53408/7astonishingromancoliseu
mfights
RomanColosseum.org
http://romancolosseum.org
Tribunesandtriumphs.org
http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/colosseum/wildani
malsatthecolosseum.htm

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