the colosseum

THE COLOSSEUMOur Final Presentation

1.Nguyễn Thanh Huyền2.Ngô Thị Vân Anh3.Nguyễn Thị Quyên4.Vũ Thùy Linh5.Nguyễn Trà My

Presenters:

OverviewGeneral Introduction1

History 2

Physical description3

Some facts4

The Colosseum today 5

“ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME”

THE HISTORY

The history of the Colosseum

Ancient Medieval Modern

The Colosseum in Ancient

Built in 72 in the reign of Emperor Titus.

Built on the artificial lake district of EmperorNero's Domus Aurea

The Colosseum in Medieval

Some small chapels Cemetery

An earthquake has destroyed entire the south side wall

The Colosseum in Modern

Pope Sixtus planned to turn the building intoa wool factory.

The Colosseum was restored

The Colosseum in modern

THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

The exterior The interior seating

THEEXTERIOR

An egg-shaped building

189 meters long

156 meters wide

24,000 square meters (6

acres)

The central arena

87 meters long

55 meters wide

an oval

Stones Concrete Bricks

More than 1.1 million

erect this massive structure.

240 mast corbels

INTERIOR SEATING

about 80 entrances

accommodate 50,000 spectators

The most important Romans

The Equites & knights

Wealthy plebeians

Poor plebeians

Women & Slaves

AMAZING FACTSABOUT THE COLOSSEUM

1. Colosseum was built for THE ROMAN PEOPLE, NOT THE EMPEROR.

2. The name ‘Colosseum’ comes from NERO’S STATUE

3. Colosseum was built without the use of MORTAR.

4. The design was tailored to both CROWD & ANIMAL CONTROL.

THE COLOSSEUM TODAY

A major tourist attraction in Rome

A museum dedicated to Eros

A network of subterranean passageways

Roman Catholic ceremonies

Conclusion

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1History

Ancient

Medieval Modern

Introduction: The greatest work of Roman architecture and engineering

Physical description

The exterior The interior seating

An egg-shaped building Four tiers of seating

Some facts Colosseum was built for THE ROMAN PEOPLEThe name comes from NERO’S STATUE Was built without the use of MORTAR.Was tailored to CROWD & ANIMAL control.

The Colosseum today The world’s biggest tourist attraction.