Coliseum
About Coliseum
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world. Construction began under the Emperor Vespasian in 72 and was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir, Titus. Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian. The three emperors who were patrons of the work are known as the Flavian dynasty, and the amphitheatre was named the Flavian Amphitheatre by later classicists and archaeologists for its association with their family name (Flavius).
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The name Colosseum comes from a giant nearby statue of Nero, so the area became known as the big statue place, not because the building itself was big.
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Archaeologists spent a year crawling in the mud under the Colosseum and found seven coins along with leopard, lion and ostrich bones.
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