The Coliseum
...hed in 80 AD. I’d say that’s pretty good considering they didn’t have any heavy machinery to do a lot of work for them. On opening day, the city sponsored over 100 games for the people to watch. The games consisted of sporting events, chariot races, animal fights and everyone’s favorite, the gladiators. On some special occasions the coliseum was even flooded so that it could stage small naval battles. The fans played a big part in the Coliseum scene as well. All through the games the citizens would have break and fruit thrown to them in the crowd. Sort of like modern day hot dog vendors like in Yankee Stadium. I think it would be funny if you were to be in the crowd and you hear, “SPAGHETTI, GET YOUR HOT FRESH SPAGHETTI RIGHT HERE!” I don’t know I think it would be funny but maybe that’s just me. Also once a gladiator battle was about to get wrapped up, and the winning gladiator was about to execute the loser, even though it was the emperors thumbs up or thumbs down, he usually went with the people’s cheers to keep them happy. A lot of people don’t know that there is also a subbasement underneath the Coliseum. The actual playing arena was a thick surface of wood covered by sand and gravel. Beneath the floor was a maze of passageways, and temporary holding pens for the animals. To get the animals up into the arena they used a hand operated elevator to raise them in. It is said that the games were so well organized that the of...