The Colosseum was also known as Flavian Amphitheatre, named after the Flavian dynasty. It’s a massive oval amphitheater; it's located at the center of Rome, Italy. It is a huge structure but the construction took only about a decade to complete which was very interested. It was also the largest and the most famous amphitheater, which was fascinated by visitors during the Roman Empire. Only some part of the Colosseum collapse that was devastated, but most of the structure had survived for centuries. Despite there was earthquakes and natural disaster. The Colosseum began to build around 73-75 A.D under control of Vespasian during the Flavian dynasty. Vespasian died during the construction in 79 A.D, and it was completed during Titus, 81 A.D. After that is the integration by Domitian and so on in 81-96 A.D. Vespasian, Titus and Domitian were the person who architected the Colosseum. Building this massive structure took about a decade to complete with an estimated amount of 100,000 prisoners/ slaves. They were …show more content…
There were many kind of materials included in this construction. The materials that used to build were such as stones, cements, tiles, bricks, concrete and marbles. Cement and concrete were used for arches, tiles used for floors and bricks were used for walls. As I mentioned it’s very complicated, there were not only the top part, but there was also the underground floor. Under the Colosseum there were many rooms and tunnels, which uses to keep gladiators, people and gladiators. In addition, there were some simple machines used for this structure such as pulleys, ramps and hand-operated elevators at the underground floor. Which shows how advanced-thinking of people during the ancient Rome. The Colosseum was desirable for most of the visitors that came to visits, because this structure is massive and shows the ancient times of