The Floor Of The Colosseum
The wooden blocks could be removed to reveal an extensive underground area lit by flares.
The floor of the colosseum. I ve got the perfect 3 day itinerary for first time visitors or. After you visit the colosseum arena floor you exit the floor onto the main ring of the colosseum and then can visit the rest of the monument on your own taking as much time as you need. The colosseum rome s greatest amphitheater was commissioned by the emperor vespasian in 72 ce. This 2 floor maze of corridors had human powered elevators that would bring wild beasts up through trap doors in the arena floor.
The colosseum or flavian amphitheatre is a large ellipsoid arena built in the first century ce under the roman emperors of the flavian dynasty. Beneath the colosseum a network of subterranean passageways once used to transport wild animals and gladiators to the arena opened to the public in summer 2010. The floor of the colosseum where you might expect to see a smooth ellipse of sand is instead a bewildering array of masonry walls shaped in concentric rings whorls and chambers like a huge. It measured 83 meters in length by 48 meters width.
It is built on the marshy site of an artificial lake and provided the romans a venue for hosting executions animal hunts gladiatorial games re enactments and dramas. There is a popular story about 100 lions. Part of the arena floor has been re floored. The main floor of the colosseum was composed of wooden blocks covered with sand.
Virginia sedia the wooden cage being lowered into the colosseum. At the time of its construction it was called the flavian amphitheater. The wolf emerges from the lift the first time in 1 500 years a wild animal had been lifted onto the floor of the colosseum. The colosseum is also the site of roman catholic ceremonies in the 20th and 21st centuries.
The perfect 3 day itinerary in rome. The floor was removed by emperor domitian in ad 84 to build the underground area of the arena. Trying to figure out how to organize your visit to rome. Vespasian 69 79 ce titus 79 81 ce and domitian 81 96.