4th Wonder - ORIGINS OF THE COLOSSEUM
Colosseum or Coliseum in Rome today is the most recognizable of classical buildings. Even 2,000 years after it was created, and the age when the abandoned building was pillaged for building materials, in spite of today's stadium is immediately recognizable ... a classic template. The first permanent amphitheater in Rome was being raised, and the impressive amphitheater classical world had not seen yet. And 60,000 seated and 10,000 standing, all of which could enter and leave in a matter of minutes with accommodation, courtesy of the 80 entrances, it is a structure that designers learn from the modern sports stadium is.
Colosseum could hold, it is estimated between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators, some having an average audience of 65,000; The animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas (only a short time as soon as the Hypogeum was filled with mechanisms to support other activities) for gladiatorial contests and mock sea such as the battle was used for public spectacles based on classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era are gone. Later housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine as such for the purposes of reuse was.
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