phillipshorancoliseum

__ Coliseum

__  Ø   Built to hold 80,000 people  Ø   Built between 69-82 ( AD )  Ø   An estimated 500,000 people and over 1,000,000 animals died there  Ø   Used to hold games  Ø   Built to hold huge crowds  Ø   They put trap doors under the wood with charging lions  Ø   Many of the stadiums we have today are based off of the coliseum in Rome  Ø   615 ft. long