Colosseum
was called Flavian Amphitheatre it was made during the first century. This was
the time when roman empire was stretched from Britten to Africa. In that golden
time of Roman empire it was made the King Titus in 80 century and it
instantly became the center of the roman empire.
The
making of Colosseum was started in 72 century and was finished in 80 century,
King Vespasian was the one who started the construction and it was his son
Titus who finished The Great Colosseum of Rome.
Reason of creating Colosseum:
In
the beginning it was created for entertainment only and first they used animal
fights with humans, it started from humans killing animals and went to the level
of humans killing humans. The opening ceremony games that started lasted for
100 days and in that time hundreds of animals and over 2000 gladiators lost
their lives.
The
games in Colosseum were held hold day and in the morning time they held comedy
shows and showed unusual animals brought from around the world. After the lunch
fights between professional fighters were started. In the majority of games
death played an important role. The contestants in these games were either
slaves or high ranked criminals. They were supposed to fight each other or with
any animal, in both cases one of the contestant had to die.
The
weapons used be gladiators were: Swords, Spears, Shields and Nets, Ax and
Hammers. Sometimes Roman Women also used to fight in the Colosseum but it was
only for display of their sexy bodies and a twist in regular fights for some
freshness in the mode. There is also a theory that the colosseum was used to
punish the people who changed to Christianity, they were made lion’s food, but
there are no any written evidence to that confirm this theory.
Main
reason behind all these brutal blood shading games was politics! With the help
of these games the local Romans were taught how to attack the enemy when they
attack in the other countries. Finally in the 404 centaury these brutal games
were marked as illegal by the order of King Honorius but still the fights with
the animals contoured to another centaury.
Fine piece of architecture:
This
egg shaped building of old times took ten whole years to complete. This was the
biggest building of its time. It was 157.5 feet high, 617 feet in length and
512 feet vertical size. In all three rings their were 80 round windows.
The
battle ground made of wood was covered with sand (The sand was about 10 centi
meters thick). Because of the egg shape it was impossible for any fighter to
take cover in a corner. This also made easy view for the people. This whole
building was made of limestone (travertine). Today the floor is no more but
still walls and street ways can be seen. The underground tunnels can still be
seen they were used to take care of waste water and also fill the Colosseum
with the water to prepare the battle ground for under water battles.
This
Colosseum was made so brilliant that some of its characteristics have been adopted
by the modern stadiums of today. The sets have been divided in four different
parts. First ring was for the Roman Senators and in that same ring was the
place for the King. There were three rings for third grade people and last ring
for average people and the top was for the ordinary poor civilians. The top
area where only people can stand was for the local whores!
