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__**Colosseum**__

** 1.   ****__ They could hold 50,000 spectators __** ** 2.   ****__ Below the wooden floor there were complex set of rooms and passage ways for wild beasts __** ** 3.   ****__ There were three tiers: Doric the first, Ionic the second, and Corinthian the third __** ** 4.   ****__ The top brackets and sockets carry masts from the canopy which is used for shade __** ** 5.   ****__ The construction utilized a careful combination of types of building material __** ** 6.   ****__ Concrete was used for the foundation __** ** 7.   ****__ Travertine was used for the piers and arcades __** ** 8.   ****__ Tufa infill between piers for walls of lower levels __** ** 9.   ****__ Brick faced concrete was used for the upper levels __** ** 10.   ****__ had 80 entrances the base was 6 acres   __**  Colosseum!!!!