The Roman Colosseum.

The Roman Colosseum… filled with blood, sweat and tears… the best entertainer in Roman, but what is the history of it?

The Roman Colosseum was built in 72 AD, under the directions of Vespian. The Roman Colosseum took 8 years to complete, and was built by thousands of Slaves. Vespian died during the construction and was opened by his son… Emperor Titus. 

The Colosseum was built with bricks, stone, and concrete. The Colosseum was the height of a 12 story house, and it was very wide. The Roman Colosseum was meant to entertain people with Gladiator fights, animal hunts and mock naval battles. 

The Colosseum was also built by an artificial lake, which made the Colosseum able to have sea fights, although it was only on for a short period of time. Even though it's partially broken, it still lasted over 2000 years.  In the 1800s humans started to reconstruct it and it’s still in construction till this day! The Colosseum was originally called the Flavian amphitheater.

When it was completed it could fit over 50,000 people!

           

As you know from the first paragraph, the Colosseum was built for entertainment reasons. The Colosseum held gladiator fights, animals hunts, etc. The most popular performances were the gladiator fights. Gladiators were really popular and if they’re successful they could be celebrities. They could live a luxurious life… But that's only if they survive. As well as other performances, there were mock sea battles. Since it was built near an artificial lake, they were able to use that water in the Colosseum. This performance was spectacular, sadly it only lasted for a short period of time.

As you can see… gladiator performances were really popular… but who was the most famous gladiator ever? Spartacus is probably the most famous gladiator in history. He was a tough fighter who was able to lead a massive slave rebellion. After he was enslaved and put through training to become a gladiator. Spartacus and other people (78) slaughtered his ‘boss’ Batiatus. ( Bonus fact!

Gladiator Flamma is one of the most skilled, if not the most skilled gladiator ever. He won the most battles ever in history. He competed about 31 times and won 21 which was really incredible. Sadly he died at the age of 30.

As you know the Colosseum is an amazing part of history, it’s a bit “gore” and messed up but it’s still a great influence as well as a great and amazed a lot of people till this day… including myself.

Task description.

This week, we were focusing on the Colosseum... we had to write an information report to showcase how much we've learnt and researched.