Roman Gladiators

C. Smith 1 Colosseum The Colosseum is one of Rome’s most famous buildings. The Roman Colosseum, thought up by Emperor Titus in 80 AD, was the first Roman Amphitheater made entirely of stone. Built by the Roman Emperors as a place of entertainment, it was the setting of gladiatorial combats. The Colosseum could hold about 50,000 spectators, and there were 80 entrances on the ground floor of the oval building, which were marked with numbers to help spectators …showed first 75 words of 1051 total…

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