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| The Colosseum | ||||
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 he Colosseum is the most famous monument of Ancient Rome. In the ancient world, the elliptical-shaped Colosseum, taking ten years to build, was the largest structure of its type. It stood 160 feet high with four stories of windows, arches, and columns. Each of the three exterior floors consisted of 80 arches. As many as 50,000 spectators with numbered tickets entered through 76 of the entrances on the ground level. Two of the remaining entrances were used by Emperor Titus and two for the gladiators.
Most shows in the Colosseum lasted all day beginning with comedic contests and exotic animal shows in the morning and moving on to professional gladiator events in the afternoon. In most tournaments and games, death played a prominent role. Professional gladiators, primarily condemned criminals, prisoners or war, and slaves, fought either animals or each other, generally until death. Occasionally, free Romans and women would enter the fight for a few brief moments of glory.
During the Colosseum's opening ceremonies in A.D. 80, spectacles were held for 100 days in which hundreds of animals and 2,000 gladiators were killed. Eventually, gladiator fights were outlawed by Emperor Honorius in A.D. 404.
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Reach Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport. One common way is to take the train or metro to the Termini station from the airport. There are two underground lines that criss cross at the Termini station. The Colosseum - Subway TERMINI B-Line (Blue Line) and get off at the stop - COLOSSEO. Bus N°75 (first stop) from Piazza Indipendenza and get off in front of the Colosseum. (30 minutes walking, at the end of via Cavour is the Roman Forum and just on your left is the Colosseum).
