Rome Colosseum

In the course e-portfolio / blog created by each student, the student will replace the artifacts and text below with their own artifacts and reflection on their experience in researching Roman Architecture, Construction and Culture while using the particular PBL

In its time, the Colosseum was one of the greatest amphitheaters of the world. It was completed in the first century and was a place for games of the time- From fights of gladiators and wild animals the Colosseum had its own share of blood shed.

For Roman at that time, gladiators were aspiring athletes that fight. Many were slaves, prisoners of wars, or criminals. They were sponsored by rich politicians who paid for their training and arranged for their care in between fights.

The Colosseum was built around a simple innovative concept of the time, the Arch. Eighty Arches (video) encircled the Colosseum on the outer ring. They supported two more stories of arches for a total of two hundred and forty arches.

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