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Colosseum; Roman Colosseum; Flavian Amphitheater Other Title(s) Colosseum; Roman Colosseum; Flavian Amphitheater Title Colosseum; Roman Colosseum; Flavian Amphitheater Record Type copy image Type of Work Architecture; Ancient Architecture; Classical Architecture; Theater; Amphitheater Measurements Elipse: 188 m x 156 m (615 ft x 510 ft); 48.5 m (158 ft) tall; 6 acres. Material Concrete foundation; travertine piers and arcades; tufa infill between piers for walls on lower 2 levels; brick-faced concrete upper levels and the vaults. Date ca. 70-80 CE Location Italy; Rome Style Roman; Ancient Roman; Classical Period 1st c CE Culture Roman Subject Colosseum Description/Notes "..Begun by Vespasian, inaugurated by Titus in 80 A.D. and completed by Domitian.".On marshy land between the Esquiline and Caelian Hills, ".the first permanent amphitheater to be built in Rome." Seating tiers for 50, 000. Exterior has 4 tiers with Ionic & Doric Columns, engaged Corinithian columns and Corinthian pilasters at top. Also spelled Coliseum See: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html Rights - Deposited Image Charles K. Growdon and Marcia Cohn Growdon View Exterior, East side (to the south edge where the modern conrete stabilizing wall is visible) UNR Accession # 05-MCG-0022-IT

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