Definitionn. a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80
Last update: October 14, 2015
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Much money was spent on public works and the restoration and beautifying of Rome - a new forum, the splendid temple of Peace, the public baths and the vast Colosseum being begun under Vespasian. [Please select]
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Colosseum, description of, ii, 29; Montaigne's quaint account of its Spectacles, ii, 31. [Please select]
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The Flavian Amphitheatre, known as the Colosseum, has already come under our notice (see p.) [Please select]
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For a description of the Colosseum, see vol ii, page 29, of this work. [Please select]
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The Colosseum was of travertine, a cheap white limestone, and faced with marble. [Please select]
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The ruins of the huge baths of Caracalla lie about half a mile from the Colosseum. [Please select]
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He was then thrown to the lions in the Colosseum. [Please select]
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VESPASIAN, the man who built the colosseum in Rome for the tourists. [Please select]
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Chapter LV BEFORE the Flavii had reared the Colosseum, amphitheatres in Rome were built of wood mainly; for that reason nearly all of them had burned during the fire. [Please select]
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The picturesqueness of the chimney stacks and tumble-down walls of the burned-out quarters of the town, stretching out and concealing one another, reminded him of the Rhine and the Colosseum. [Please select]
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