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 * __ Colosseum __**

The Colosseum was a huge building that was made for battles. There could be battles of man vs. man or there could even be man vs. beast. In some cases the beast would be a lion. The Colosseum was built between 69-82 A.D. The Colosseum was designed to hold huge amounts of people at once. When the Romans were building the Colosseum they built in many chambers. They built different chambers, they built the gladiatorial barracks, and other chambers were used as storage chambers. To give you an idea of how big the Colosseum is it is four stories high with 80 arches. The arches were used for doorways and things like that. The Colosseum was named after a 120 foot bronze statue that it was built over. The matches that were held at the Colosseum were fought to the death. Most of the contestants were slaves forced by their masters to enter and train themselves. The main reason the masters entered their slaves into gladiatorial matches was so that the slaves could try to win their masters money. When the Romans built the Colosseum they built many underground rooms to hold the animals that they would have fight the gladiators. weapons/armor emperor home aquaducts roads slave