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 * __The Colosseum __**

The Colosseum was one of the many Amphitheaters, which were circular stadiums in which fights would take place, sometimes there would even be imitations of real battles. The difference between the colosseum and the other amphitheaters was that the colosseum was the biggest in the whole Roman Empire and was built in the Roman capital. The construction of the colosseum started between 70 to 72 A.D. the construction ended in 80 A.D. while Titus was governing. The colosseum was very important to the city because the citizens needed some kind of entertainment. The colosseum consisted on layers of arches, and in side it would look like the picture to the right. Now the arena was a big hole it went even deeper than what it actually looked like from a spectators view. There would be gates and trap doors under the arenas top floor, there were also cages for animals like tigers, but they were also used to keep slaves there before the events took place. On some amphitheaters there would be pools under the arena for imitations of past naval battles, also every amphitheater had a mast which was used when the sun was shinning way too much.The amphitheaters were so much like the stadiums we have now that thespectators had to pay so thet they could enter the event. The Colosseum was used for many events some were excecutions like crucifiction or Nero's favorite the Tunica Molesta, which he actually invented in his reign (for more about the Tunica Molesta go to Nero), but the colosseum was mostly used in events where there would be battles against slaves and gladiators or sometimes even gladiator against gladiators. There would be enough seats for 80,000 spectators, and there would be a special booth for the emperor and his family.The Aphitheater was an important invention because our stadiums are based on the Amphitheater so without it someone else would have head to invent it.