Detailed Analysis of The Colosseum in Roman History

This report examines the Colosseum, a large ellipsoid arena built in the first century AD under Emperor Vespasian. It details the Colosseum's construction, materials (stone and concrete), and features, including its four stories, height, and seating capacity of 50,000 spectators. The report discusses the architectural elements like Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns, the entrances, and the uses of the arena for public entertainment such as wild animal hunts and gladiatorial battles. It also touches upon the Colosseum's historical context, its role in Roman society, and the various events held there, providing insights into the lives and entertainment of ancient Romans. References are included to support the information presented.

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The Colosseum is a large ellipsoid arena constructed in the first century and is situated at east
of the Roman Forum. It was constructed between 72 A.D and 80 A.D under the Emperor
Vespasian. The dome was used to swarm enormous public entertainment measures like wild
animal hunts, warrior battles and civic performances. The Colosseum is made from the stone
and concrete and with the efforts of the ten thousand slaves. The building of the Colosseum
was started in 72 CE in the supremacy of Vespasian on the place. This place once contained
stream and commons of Emperor Nero’s Golden House. The place was exhausted as a
safeguard in contradiction of the possible earthquake destruction by putting 6 metres concrete
deep in the foundation. The building of Colosseum was part of a broader building programme
and it was established to reinstate Rome to its previous glory previous civil war.
Colosseum contains features like 4 stories, height of 45 metres tall, a breadth of 189X156
metres and a roofed awning of canvas. It is an elliptical arena such as 87.5m by 54.8m and
has capacity of 50,000 spectatorsi. The theatre in Colosseum was mainly erected from locally
mined sandstone with the inner concerning lateral walls of brick, concrete and volcanic stone.
The arches were constructed of brighter pumice stone. The theatre was the basis of the
popular name of Colosseo, a prospective origin which have seen as an orientation to the
colossal sculpture of Nero. The statue was transformed to look like the sun-god and situated
external the theatre until fourth century.

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(Cross section of Colosseum)
The theatre was remarkable from the outer side along with the colossal arcades on first 3
floors presenting statue occupied archways. The 1st level of the theatre conceded Doric
columns, the 2nd floor conceded Iconic and the 3rd floor conceded Corinthian. The topmost
floor of the theatre had Corinthian pilasters along with the slight four-sided windows. There
were almost eighty appearances, out of which 76 were totalled and tickets were retailed for
each. The 2 appearances were used for the fighters. The one entrance is well-known as Porta
Libinia, it was the door concluded which dead were detached from the ground. The other
door is known as Porta Sanivivaria through which victors and others permitted to endure the
competitions left the ground. The rest 2 doors were kept completely for the usage of the
Emperors.
The theatre was seen more striking when 3 rows of the seats were occupied with all segments
of the population. The ground was surrounded with the extensive marble promenade and was
endangered by the wall inside which there were significant ring side spaces from where the
employers used to lookout the events. External this area, the marble seats were separated into
the zones, for the comfortable isolated citizens, middle class residents, slaves, foreigners and
wooden seats and vertical rooms in the arcade on the topmost tier. The various intensities of

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the seats were retrieved through the extensive stairways with numbering on every seat. The
Colosseum had total capability of 45,000 settled and 5,000 vertical viewers. The sanded
ground was also eye catching out of all the scenes. It was generally remodelled with rocks
and trees in order to resemble the mysterious locations during the dramatization of wild
animal hunts. The original underground lifting mechanisms were also there which enabled
sudden overview of the wild animals into the events. The opening series of the shows on
particular events, the ground was drowned to host mock marine fights. Whereas under the
ground floor was a network of small section rooms, passages and animal pens.
The history is bounded to the previous Etruscan games which focused the burials of death,
displays in the Roma grounds were intended merely to distract and also validated the
prosperity and liberality of the Emperor. It offered an opening for the common people to see
their monarch. The Emperors were really existing and they had no precise taste for the
occasions like Marcus Aureliusii. Titus and Claudius were renowned for yelling at the fighters
and rest individuals of the mass. The Commodus also acted in the ground which is also
hundreds of times. The blood sports and death were also persistence of the remarkable shows.
The whole profession stand up to meet the huge entertainment requisite of the public, for
instance, under Claudius there used to be almost ninety three games every year.

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References

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