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Colosseum If you go to the colosseum you want to go to see the entertainment not be it. Some things you might see are blood thirsty lions attempting to eat romes criminals and rugged gladiators.

These are some facts about the colosseum: the colosseum is also known as tha Flavian Amphitheater The Colossem was built out of concrete.
 * The colosseum was built between 69 a.d. & 82 a.d.
 * The colosseum has 76 entrances, of which four are for gladiators, kings, and criminals.
 * It holds 60,000 spectators.
 * There was an underground system of rooms for props, slaves, and fighters.
 * They had rising props.
 * The cermonies and games held at the colosseum went on for 100 days
 * During the 100 days of games and cerimonies about 5,000 animals were killed
 * Admission to get into the colosseum was free
 * Of the many seats one was an emperors box

Today our colosseum is the football stadium or baseball diamond.



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