The Colosseum is a relic of a large theater / Amphitheater which is one of the "Seven Medieval Wonders of the World." Located in the State Capital of Italy, Rome, called the original "Flavian Amphitheater", founded by King Vespasian and completed by his son Titus.

About the year of manufacture until now there are differences in beliefs. Some say that the Colosseum was made in the year 79 BC, there is also the opinion that was made between the years AD 70-82. But, most archaeologists believe that the Colosseum was made in the year 70-82 AD Origin of the Colosseum's name comes from a 130 foot tall statue or 40 m called Colossus. The Colosseum is set to accommodate 50,000 spectators.

About the year of manufacture until now there are differences in beliefs. Some say that the Colosseum was made in the year 79 BC, there is also the opinion that was made between the years AD 70-82. But, most archaeologists believe that the Colosseum was made in the year 70-82 AD Origin of the Colosseum's name comes from a 130 foot tall statue or 40 m called Colossus. The Colosseum is set to accommodate 50,000 spectators.
Some historians believe that the construction of the Colosseum to be funded by way of robbing the temple in Jerusalem by the agents of King Herod in the year 64 AD Dio Cassius a historian said that there are approximately 9000 wild animals who have been killed in 100 days as a celebration of the inauguration and the opening of the Colosseum. The floor of the Colosseum arena was covered with sand to prevent the blood-the blood does not flow anywhere.

At the Colosseum at the time was the venue for a spectacular show, which is a fight between animals (venetaiones), the fight between prisoners and animals, the execution of prisoners (noxii), combat water (naumachiae) by flooding the arena, and the battle between gladiators (munera ). For hundreds of years, the estimated thousands of people and animals die in the Colosseum shows.

The Colosseum was in use until the year 217, although it has been damaged due to lightning fires. The Colosseum has been corrected in the year 238 and gladiatorial games continued into the Christian community gradually stop the game because too many take casualties.

The building used to store various types of animals until the year 524. Two earthquakes in the year 442 and 508 caused severe damage to the building. In the middle Ages, the Colosseum suffered very severe damage caused by another earthquake in the year of 1349 and 847 and serve as a fortress and a church was also established there.

Many marble stones are used to coat and rebuild parts of the Colosseum which was damaged by fire. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Roman families using the Colosseum as a place of extraction of marble stone for building construction St. Peter's Basilica and the special residence Palazzi, Roman family.

In the year 1749, there was a form of maintenance of the Colosseum. Pope Benedict XIV forbade to use the Colosseum as a place of mining. In 2000 there was an outcry in Italy in order to oppose the use of capital punishment for countries around the world (in Italy, the death penalty was abolished in 1948). Some demonstrators wore in front of the Colosseum. Since then, as a gesture against the law of the capital, local residents to change the color of the Colosseum at night from white to gold with a candle lighting and neon lights to the time when the whole world abolish the action execution.

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