Walk around the Colosseum, Rome -

Walk around the Colosseum, Rome - #Colosseo #Coliseum #Kolosseum #romeandyou #bellaroma Flavian emperor Vespasian had this amphitheatre that could accommodate 65,000 spectators built in the year 72 d.c. Construction of the Colosseum took 8 years and was financed with plunder taken from Jerusalem. The Colosseum, also called the Amphitheatrum Flavium, was opened by emperor Titus with games and festivities that lasted 100 days and cost the lives of 5,000 animals. Emperor Domitian, Titus' successor, later expanded the amphitheatre with an extra storey and a number of spaces underneath the Colosseum. This made the Colosseum of Rome the largest amphitheatre in Roman history, and it is considered one of the 7 wonders of the world. The main purpose of the Colosseum in Rome was to entertain the people – and thereby increase the popularity of the emperor – with gladiator battles, sometimes including wild animals, such as elephants and tigers. It was common for animal fights to be held in the mornings by the ‘bestiarii’ Villa Torlonia