the colosseum & other sports arenas. the design largest amphitheater in the roman world...
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The Colosseum
&
Other Sports Arenas
The Design
• Largest amphitheater in the Roman World
• Perimeter = 545 m. across
• Built out of travertine with iron clamps to hold the blocks
Who Built It
• Begun in AD 70, finished by AD 80
• Also known as the Flavian Amphitheater
• Begun by emperor Vespasian, finished by his son, Titus
Daily Shows
• Morning – Wild Animal Hunts also known as Venationes
• Midday – Public Executions
• Afternoon –Gladiatorial Contests
Who watched the shows
• Women were not encouraged to attend, but Romans would sometimes take their children to the fights so they could learn good moral behavior (how to die like a Roman)
• Upper class did not usually attend public executions
A Reconstruction
model
Posts for awnings
interior
Interior
Undergroundchannels
Royal Box
The Seating
• Multiple Entrances and exits allowed for quick seating of 50,000
• Emperor and Vestals on first level
• Senators also sat on first level, but had to bring their own chairs
cross
Ad bestias
Ad bestias 2
music
Colosseum
Poor, slaves,
and women
Banned Groups
• Gravediggers, actors and those who had fought previously as gladiators were banned from watching the fights
Other Sports Arenas
Piazza NavonaCircus of Domitian
Neptune Statue
Piazza Navona
Once a circus….
Model of Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus