15/04/27

Colosseum

• The Colosseum was built in  70 AD, located just east of the Roman Forum.
• Rome's Colosseum has beedshed the site of celebration, sporting events and bloodshed.
• The Colosseum was a gift to the Roman people from Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty around 70 - 72 AD.
• In 80 AD, Vespasion's son, Titus, opened the Colosseum officially known as "Flavian Amphitheater", with 100 days of games, including gladiatorial combats and wild animal fights.
• Measuring some 620 by 513 feet (190 by 155 meters), the Colosseum was the largest amphitheater in the Roman world. Each story contained columns of a different order (or style): At the bottom were columns of the relatively simple Doric order, followed by Ionic and topped by the ornate Corinthian order.
• the Colosseum had seating for more than 50,000 spectators,
• Gladiators were generally slaves, condemned criminals or prisoners of war.
• web: http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum

Aqueducts 

• the Aqueducts is the greatest achievements in the ancient world.
• The Aqueducts not only provided drinking water for the Romans but indoor sewer systems
• 260 miles of rock, and about 30 miles of above ground bridges and crossways 
• The entire system relied on various gradients and gravity to maintain a continuous flow.The water rushed from higher ground via the ducts and emptied into giant cisterns in the city.
• 11 separate aqueducts supplied the city of Rome and were built over a span of 500 years.
• web: http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-aqueducts.php

Circus Maximus 

• was the first and largest circus in Rome
• it existed as least as early as 4th century. 
•  621 m (2,037 ft) in length and 118 m (387 ft) in width. It could accommodate about 150,000 spectators.
• the circus is free for all level of Roman society. it is really popular in Roman to watch the circus. 
• the last race at Circus Maximus was in 549 AD
• web: http://romancolosseum.org/circus-maximus-in-rome/

Roman Foram

• The Forum Romanum was the center of life in Imperial Rome, evidenced by the many remains of triumphal arches, temples and basilicas.
• started as a market. Then it became a the economic, political, and religious hub, town square, and center of all Rome.
• was ancient Rome's showpiece centre, a grandiose district of temples, basilicas and vibrant public spaces.
  
• was originally an Etruscan burial ground, was first developed in the 7th century BC, growing over time to become the social, political and commercial hub of the Roman empire.