An Essay On The Colosseum

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Lesli Anne Mackey

Jacqueline Roberts

English period 1

May 5, 2014
The Colosseum

The Colosseum is probably the most well known monument known to man. It stands tall at

189 meters long and 156 meters wide. The Colosseum has over 80 arched entrances and can hold

over 50,000 people. For a monument of its size, and the technology of olden times, it only took

a short amount of time to build. From 72AD to 80AD they worked on this masterpiece, and

finally, after eight years, the Colosseum (also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre) was finished

(architect.knoji. The colosseum was the largest of 250 Amphitheatres built in that time. It is

made of tuf,tiles, concrete, and travertine (a type of limestone)(www.ask.com).

This Amphitheatre was the center of all entertainment and punishment. Back when the Roman

Empire was in power, they would take people who they considered criminals, and make them

fight to the death against wild animals and other people. These fights are known world wide as

the gladiator fights. T...

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