Research Paper On The Colosseum

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The Colosseum is one of the greatest architectural accomplishments of ancient Rome. It is known as the hunting theatre. The theatre shows off Rome’s power and grandeur. The Colosseum was a symbol of Rome’s power and was created for common use; Today, it is still a symbol of power of the once great Roman empire.
The Colosseum is a Flavian Amphitheatre built in 80 CE under the emperors of the Flavian dynasty. The theatre was the biggest building of its kind standing at 45 meters high and 189 by 156 meters across. It was built with mostly limestone and the first floor had Doric columns, the second Ionic, and the third and fourth had Corinthian columns. Also, the Colosseum had eighty entrances and two were reserved for the Emperor’s. The theatre can hold from 45,000 to 50,000 people. The arena had a wooden floor covered in sand and could also be flooded to stage naval battles. …show more content…

The entertainment that took place in the were gladiator fights, wild animal hunts, and mock sea battles. The most popular fights were the fights to the death by the gladiators. Gladiators would use swords, lances, tridents, and nets to fight each other in battle. The next was the animal hunts in which the animal almost never won because they would usually be killed from a distance by an arrow or spear. Sometimes during the animal hunts slaves and criminals were thrown into the ring unarmed. The theatre could be flooded to stage sea battles or for amphibious animal fights. The games that took place were payed for by the Roman ruling class by

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