the colosseum
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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.
