The
Colosseum of Rome was built in bricks and covered with travertine in a valley
among the Palatino, Esquilino and Celio hills, after having dried a small lake
that Nerone was using for the Domus Aurea. The building consists of four
floors, with a total height of 52 metres and an extension covering an
elliptical area of about 19000 square metres,it is without a doubt the most
reknown symbol of Rome all over the world.For the enjoyment of the inhabitants
of Rome, here fights between gladiators or against wild animals and fabulous
spectacles as "naumachie", real naval
combat in the arena filled with
water, were organized. Under the arena of the Colosseum were numerous corridors
and rooms used for housing the gladiators and the ferocious beasts that could
be brought to the centre of the arena thanks to a series of elevators and ramps.
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