Colosseum
Ancient site
The arena where Rome came to watch gladiators fight.
The Colosseum in Rome opened in the year 80. More than 50,000 people could sit and watch gladiators fight each other, or hunters take on wild animals.
It had 80 entrances, so the whole crowd could get in and out quickly. Earthquakes, and people taking the stones for other buildings, are why part of it is missing today.
- opened
- AD 80
- spectators
- 50,000
- entrances
- 80
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A huge cloth roof could be pulled over the seats for shade. Sailors worked the ropes.
- 2
Under the floor was a maze of tunnels, cages and lifts for animals and fighters.
- 3
Its real name is the Flavian Amphitheatre.
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