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Colosseum
"Colosseum" in a Sentence (16 examples)
As long the Colosseum stands, Rome will stand; when the Colosseum falls, Rome and the world will fall.
Gladiators fought with lions inside the Colosseum.
The Colosseum was used until the year 217, when it was struck by lightning and burnt.
The valley of the Colosseum is enclosed by a number of hills.
Tom visited the Colosseum in Rome.
The Colosseum is one of Rome's top tourist attractions.
The Colosseum is one of Italy's top tourist attractions.
The Colosseum is one of Europe's top tourist attractions.
The Colosseum is one of the world's top tourist attractions.
Gladiators fought in the Colosseum.
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This design was also adopted for their amphitheatres, such as the colossea of Rome and Capua, the plan of which resembles the cavea of two theatres set together so as to enclose an oval space.
The temples and banking halls of Rome were turned into churches, and the deserted shells of the great monuments, the baths, the stadia and colossea, were used as quarries for buildings to come.
The colossea, games and temples declined.
The Colosseum (known at the time as the Flavian Amphitheater) in Rome was the empire's greatest amphitheater. A marvel of Roman engineering, the Colosseum could hold up to 70,000 spectators.
The Colosseum’s elliptical shape is 617 feet long, 512 feet across, and 159 feet high.
Perhaps no classical Roman ruin evokes the excesses of the late Empire like the Colosseum.
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