Welcome to Rome, the eternal city. In this page you will admire ancient Colosseum. Other Rome Monuments: Arco di Costantino, Campidoglio, Campo de' fiori, Castel Sant'Angelo, Circo Massimo, Colonna Traiana, Colosseo, Fontana di Trevi, Fori imperiali, Foro romano, Largo Argentina, Mausoleo di Augusto, Mercati Traianei, Pantheon, Piazza Barberini, Piazza Colonna, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza di Spagna, Piazza Esedra, Piazza Navona, Piazza Venezia, Piramide di Caio Cestio, San Carlino alle quattro fontane, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Pietro, San Pietro in Vincoli, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria Maggiore, Sinagoga, Terme di Caracalla, Via Veneto, Villa Borghese.

Rome Tour - Colosseum

The true name of this ancient monument is Anfiteatro Flavio, but everybody knows it by the name of Coliseum. The Coliseum is the symbol of the city of Rome in the world. It was built in 72 A. D. by Vespasian and finished eight years after by his son Titus. The Roman people gathered in mass to attend the Circus games (ludi cistercenses), where the gladiators fought among themselves. In the Coliseum performances were organized, often bloody, in which gladiators, wild beasts and prisoners (often Christians) fought for their lives. Often it was flooded to simulate sea battles. These battle and events ended when in the V century, a man named Telemachus entered the arena and tried to make gladiators stop fighting. He was killed, but since that day, in Rome, games took place no more. The elliptic ring of Coliseum has the longest axis measuring 187 mt., the shorter 155 mt., the height of the highest ring is over 50 mt., the spectators could reach the number of 80.000. The great amphitheatre was very rich of marbles an decorations, gone lost most of all during the Renaissance, when the need for marble was exceptional and the marble of the Coliseum was removed and used elsewhere.