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The Colosseum
&
Other Sports Arenas
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The Design
• Largest amphitheater in the Roman World
• Perimeter = 545 m. across
• Built out of travertine with iron clamps to hold the blocks
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Who Built It
• Begun in AD 70, finished by AD 80
• Also known as the Flavian Amphitheater
• Begun by emperor Vespasian, finished by his son, Titus
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Daily Shows
• Morning – Wild Animal Hunts also known as Venationes
• Midday – Public Executions
• Afternoon –Gladiatorial Contests
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Who watched the shows
• Women were not encouraged to attend, but Romans would sometimes take their children to the fights so they could learn good moral behavior (how to die like a Roman)
• Upper class did not usually attend public executions
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A Reconstruction
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model
Posts for awnings
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interior
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Interior
Undergroundchannels
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Royal Box
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The Seating
• Multiple Entrances and exits allowed for quick seating of 50,000
• Emperor and Vestals on first level
• Senators also sat on first level, but had to bring their own chairs
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cross
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Ad bestias
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Ad bestias 2
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music
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Colosseum
Poor, slaves,
and women
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Banned Groups
• Gravediggers, actors and those who had fought previously as gladiators were banned from watching the fights
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Other Sports Arenas
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Piazza NavonaCircus of Domitian
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Neptune Statue
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Piazza Navona
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Once a circus….
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Model of Circus Maximus
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Circus Maximus
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