Amphitheatre at Rome (Colosseum)

Architecture

Italy

Italy, Rome

Remains of the amphitheatre at Rome. The building has three tiers, each of which facades are decorated with columns of the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian order of columns with an attic storey at the top (Bomgardner 2001: 9). The bottom arcades have Roman numerals carved into the tops. Underneath the arena were subterranean structures.

Italy, Rome

L: 189 m ; W: 156 m

Also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, the Colosseum was commissioned under the Emperor Vespasian in 72 CE, completed under Emperor Titus, and added on to by Emperor Domitian (Bomgardner 2001: 2). The Colosseum is located on the site of the lake of Nero's Domus Aurea (Bomgardner 2001: 4). The arena measured 76.96 X 46.18 m and the amphitheatre could seat approximately 54,760 people (Bomgardner 2001: 20-21). The numerals on the arcades corresponded with a ticket that spectators had, indicating which entrance to use (Bomgardner 2001: 6).

Bomgardner, David Lee. The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre. London: Routledge, 2001. At University of Saskatchewan Library Online. http://lib.myilibrary.com.cyber.usask.ca/Open.aspx?id=32651

Attributed to Angela Kalinowski under the license CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Angela Kalinowski

Photographer

Marble
Travertine
Brick
Concrete
Iron
Amphitheatre
Arena
Spectacle
Spectator
Gladiator
Animal Show
Beast Hunt
Roman
Imperial

1st c. CE