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**The Colosseum ** **You definitely need to be aware of the Colosseum if you are to survive in Ancient Rome. This building served as a great form of entertainment for the Romans. The people gathered there very often to watch gladiators fight brutally with eachother.** **Home** Aquaducts    Roads   Weapons  Colosseum  Augustus Slaves

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 * The Colosseum is one of the most famous, well-preserved buildings in all of Rome.
 * It was a gigantic ampitheater and could hold up to about 50,000 people.
 * Gladiaters are pairs of trained sword and fistfighters.
 * The Colosseum was built in a circle shape with many arches (just like the aquaducts) to hold tons of weight.
 * The Romans enjoyed watching pain, torture, and slaughter. Be sure to make it seem as though you are enjoying yourself, for not appreciating murder is considered non-roman.
 * The word gladiator comes from the Latin word //gladius//.
 * Most of the gladiators were captured war prisoners and slaves.
 * <span style="color: #a943ef; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #3bded6;">The Colosseum is a very admirable, impressive, and outstanding work of Roman architecture.
 * <span style="color: #a943ef; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #3bded6;">The building also held mock sea battles, animal hunts, and executions. All of these gruesome events were open to the public and were commonly watched.
 * <span style="color: #a943ef; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #3bded6;">It has been estimated that around 500,000 people and 1,000,000,000 animals have died in the games held at the Colosseum.
 * <span style="color: #a943ef; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #3bded6;">Many cultures still enjoy watching games such as these today in the modern world. Also, the form of architecture used to build the Colosseum is still used today. (arches)