Ancient Rome, the Roman Colosseum
Ancient Rome, The Roman Colosseum
Historians have always used great structures from the ancient world to find out information about the kind of lives they used to live. The Colosseum in Ancient Rome, Italy was one of the most famous structures. The Colosseum in Rome gives historians a number of insights to the type of civilization that existed during the time of the ancient empire, through the gory battles and violent games that took place. This can be proven by the purpose of the Colosseum and the context surrounding its construction, the political and economic benefit of the Colosseum to the empire, the types of games which were held in the arena and the values which the structure suggests were important to the civilization at the time.
The Roman Colosseum, also called the Flavian Amphitheater, began construction at some point during 73-75 AD during the ruling of Emperor Vespian and was finished by 81 AD by his son Titus (Hopkins, 2011). During the building of the Colosseum no expense was spared as the Romans used the gold they took during the capture of Jerusalem to fund the building of the structure. According to Roman Colosseum, 2008, more than 100, 000 slaves were bought back to Rome after the Jewish war to build the Colosseum (Hopkins, 2011). It was a work of architectural art, showing off Rome’s latest engineering and building techniques. The Colosseum can hold from 50, 000 to 80, 000 people at once was home to many bloody battles and entertainment for many years. The Roman Colosseum was built as a gift to the citizens and encouraged Roman patriotism. The magnificence of the Colosseum provided historians with evidence that the Romans thought of themselves as better than everyone else, and needed to prove to all other civilizations the greatness of their power and wealth. (Hopkins, 2011)
The purpose of the Colosseum was to have a place at which battle reenactments, wild animal hunts, mock sea battles, executions, theatrical entertainment and
Historians have always used great structures from the ancient world to find out information about the kind of lives they used to live. The Colosseum in Ancient Rome, Italy was one of the most famous structures. The Colosseum in Rome gives historians a number of insights to the type of civilization that existed during the time of the ancient empire, through the gory battles and violent games that took place. This can be proven by the purpose of the Colosseum and the context surrounding its construction, the political and economic benefit of the Colosseum to the empire, the types of games which were held in the arena and the values which the structure suggests were important to the civilization at the time.
The Roman Colosseum, also called the Flavian Amphitheater, began construction at some point during 73-75 AD during the ruling of Emperor Vespian and was finished by 81 AD by his son Titus (Hopkins, 2011). During the building of the Colosseum no expense was spared as the Romans used the gold they took during the capture of Jerusalem to fund the building of the structure. According to Roman Colosseum, 2008, more than 100, 000 slaves were bought back to Rome after the Jewish war to build the Colosseum (Hopkins, 2011). It was a work of architectural art, showing off Rome’s latest engineering and building techniques. The Colosseum can hold from 50, 000 to 80, 000 people at once was home to many bloody battles and entertainment for many years. The Roman Colosseum was built as a gift to the citizens and encouraged Roman patriotism. The magnificence of the Colosseum provided historians with evidence that the Romans thought of themselves as better than everyone else, and needed to prove to all other civilizations the greatness of their power and wealth. (Hopkins, 2011)
The purpose of the Colosseum was to have a place at which battle reenactments, wild animal hunts, mock sea battles, executions, theatrical entertainment and
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