COLOSSEUM

or Coliseumboth: kŏləsēˈəm, Ital. Colosseo, common name of the Flavian Amphitheater in Rome, near the southeast end of the Forum, between the Palatine and Esquiline hills. Begun by Vespasian, c.a.d. 75, and completed by his son Titus in a.d. 80, it is the most imposing of Roman antiquities. The vast four-storied oval is 617 ft (188 m) by 512 ft (156 m), much of which is still standing; it had tier on tier of marble seats accommodating c.45,000 spectators. It encloses an arena measuring 250 ft (76 m) by 151 ft (46 m) where gladiatorial combats were held (see gladiators) until 404. According to tradition, persecuted Christians were thrown there to beasts. The Colosseum has been damaged several times by earthquakes.

See J. Pearson, Arena: The Story of the Colosseum (1974).

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books on: Colosseum  - 1045 results

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Marvels of Ancient Rome
Book by Margaret R. Scherer, Charles Rufus Morey; Phaidon Press, 1955
Subjects: Architecture--Rome, Rome (Italy)--Description--Views
...77 The Colosseum 80...have been written on the flora of the Colosseum , or before their transformation at...early years perhaps, is that linking the Colosseum, or the colossal statue which had once...
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The Monuments of Ancient Rome
Book by Dorothy M. Robathan; "LErma" di Bretschneider, 1950
Subjects: Rome (Italy)--Antiquities
...Chapter IV. The Via dei Fori Imperiali. Colosseum. Arch of Constantine 89...The Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum. Pl...for constructing such monuments as the Colosseum in antiquity or St. Peters in more recent...
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Record Ratings: The Music Library Association's Index of Record Reviews
Book by Kurtz Myers, Richard S. Hill; Crown Publishers, 1956
Subjects: Music--Discography, Sound Recordings--Reviews--Indexes
...501; Victor LM1167 LM1788. Violin -- Colosseum 105; Columbia ML4310. Violoncello...Decca DX120. ALBINONI, TOMMASO: cf. Colosseum 1014; Concert Hall E17; Decca DL9572...Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples: Ghedini. Colosseum 1044. Omits three sections...
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Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide
Book by Amanda Claridge, Judith Toms, Tony Cubberley; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Rome--Guidebooks, Rome (Italy)--Antiquities--Guidebooks
...264 Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill 267...272 Colosseum Amphitheatrum ** 276...Circus Maximus, and the Valley of the Colosseum . Then there are the predominantly residential...
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The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome
Book by Samuel Ball Platner; Allyn and Bacon, 1911
Subjects: Rome (Italy)--Antiquities
...68. The Interior of the Colosseum Photograph 326 69. Sectional Plan of the Colosseum Knapp, in Beschreibung der Stadt Rom...327 70. The Colosseum Photograph 328...
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journal articles on: Colosseum  - 53 results

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The History of the Colosseum
Journal article; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 45, 2002
Subjects: The Colosseum (Book)
The History of the Colosseum. 4289 The Colosseum, edited by Ada Gabucci. Getty Trust Publications, 1200...background of the gladiator games, the construction of the Colosseum Amphitheatre, and then its decline and eventual partial...
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Framing the Sun: the Arch of Constantine and the Roman Cityscape
Journal article by Elizabeth Marlowe; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Art history, Christianity, Memorials & monuments, Religion, Roman civilization, Urban areas
...setting in the area now known as the Colosseum Valley. Even the most recent and theoretically...the southern edge of the monument-rich Colosseum Valley added multiple layers of signification...piazza by the Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum) (Fig. 1). At this point, the triumphal...
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Consolations in Opium: The Expanding Universe of Coleridge, Humphrey Davy and "The Recluse" (1986)
Journal article by Molly Lefebure; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 37, 2006
Subjects: Chemists--Criticism and interpretation, Chemists--Drug use, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Criticism and interpretation, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Drug use, Davy, Humphry--Criticism and interpretation, Davy, Humphry--Drug use, English poets--Criticism and interpretation, English poets--Drug use, Opium--Usage, Wordsworth, William--Criticism and interpretation, Wordsworth, William--Drug use
...nineteenth-century creed). The setting is the Colosseum in Rome and, according to Davy, he based...on a vision experienced by him in the Colosseum and recorded by him in a notebook entry...into the autumn ... I was walking in the Colosseum full of sublime thoughts ... when of...
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Turning New Leaves: Renaissance Studies in Germany, 1995
Journal article by Susan C. Karant-Nunn; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995
Subjects: German literature--Early modern, 1500-1700, Germany--Bibliography, Renaissance--Bibliography
...Gans, 119-43), and geographically from the Colosseum (Wolfgang Liebenwein, 7-22) to the wilderness...205-21). Liebenwein traces the idea of the colosseum - initially of the actual Colosseum in Rome and the uses to which it was put, then...
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New Approaches to Social History. Myth, Memory, and Place: Monmouth and Bath 1750-1900
Journal article by Peter Borsay; Journal of Social History, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Historians--Research, Historians--Works, Social history--Research, Social history--Study and teaching, Social sciences and history--Research, Social sciences and history--Study and teaching
...orders, the obvious antique model was the Colosseum in Rome. Wood must have been fully conscious...potentially conflicting meanings. The Colosseum had been a pagan public building devoted...for the Circus should be seen as the Colosseum not Stonehenge, and that it should be...
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The Colosseum
Magazine article by Guiomar Barbi; World and I, Vol. 22, September 2007
Subjects: Amphitheaters--Description and travel, Amphitheaters--History, Ancient art, Art, Ancient, Colosseum (Rome, Italy)--Description and travel, Colosseum (Rome, Italy)--History, Curiosities and wonders
The Colosseum. by Guiomar Barbi On July...Mahal. My personal favorite, the Roman Colosseum. Standing right, smack in the middle...the Roman Forum, construction on the Colosseum started between 70 and 72 AD under the...
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Last Stand of a Warrior Priestess
Magazine article by Giles Trendle; The Middle East, March 2000
Subjects: Historic sites--Evaluation, Tunisia--Historic sites
...by Giles Trendle The ancient colosseum of Al Jem in central Tunisia is more...the town of Al Jem, the well-preserved colosseum is one of the most impressive Roman monuments...tourists flock to this dusty town to see the colosseum, which is almost as big as its counterpart...
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Stadium Australia
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 208, October 2000
Subjects: Amphitheaters--Australia, Olympics--2000, Sydney, Australia--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...more ostentatious than any since the Colosseum. Stadium Australia is the biggest structure...It is all very similar to what the Colosseum must have been like (including even the...than twice the size of crowd that the Colosseum could hold. (At least these days contemporary...
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It's a Wonderful World: We Are All Invited to Select Seven New Wonders of the World. Mary Beard Investigates the List of Candidates and Reflects on What Makes a Monument a Myth
Magazine article by Mary Beard; History Today, Vol. 56, June 2006
Subjects: Monuments--Licensing, certification and accreditation, Monuments--Myths and legends, Wonder--Myths and legends
...Alhambra, the Statue of Liberty, the Colosseum and Machu Picchu. International diplomacy...we hang the history of our planet: the Colosseum stands for the Roman empire as a whole...a useful symbol of modern France. The Colosseum was a beneficiary of the Catholic churchs...
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Considering Style and Influence: We All Spend Time in Different Types of Human-Built Structures in Our Daily Lives. Architects Have Designed These Buildings throughout History for Our Use. Architecture in Many Places Worldwide Has Stood through Time, and Can Be Seen as a Reflection of the Culture in Which It Was Created. Let's Try to Find Some of These Structures on the Internet and See What Can Be Learned from Them
Magazine article by Stefanie Friel; School Arts, Vol. 102, May-June 2003
Subjects: Architecture--Study and teaching, Online services, Web sites--Usage
...location? 2. People have gathered at the Roman Colosseum throughout history. See what it looks like today: www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/soc_studies/rome/Colosseum.html www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/romancolosseum...
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BACK TO FACE CHARGES; Former Colosseum Boss in Court after Being Deported from Cyprus
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), January 29, 2009
BACK TO FACE CHARGES; Former Colosseum Boss in Court after Being Deported...yesterday. The former owner of the Colosseum nightclub in Norton had avoided...offences following a raid on the Colosseum nightclub in Norton Road, Stockton...
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Mechanical Pal Is Wired Up at the Colosseum; Rock
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), May 19, 2006
Mechanical Pal Is Wired Up at the Colosseum; Rock. Byline: WITH ALAN POOLE FRIEND...band in the business, pops in to The Colosseum tomorrow night. Its a prestige booking...catch the man in action tomorrow on a Colosseum bill that also includes You Say Party...
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GO: THE LIMIT: James Brings Music with Real Bite to Colosseum
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 30, 2004
...James Brings Music with Real Bite to Colosseum. Byline: Dayle Crutchlow CALIFORNIAN...their European tour on Tuesday at the Colosseum. But those expecting to see James sporting...Hingley and the Lovers are also at the Colosseum. Comprising Tom Hingley, the voice...
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Foxx Hunts out Solo Show at Colosseum
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), November 24, 2006
Foxx Hunts out Solo Show at Colosseum. THE name might not crop up...so tomorrow nights outing at the Colosseum counts as a major coup for the Coventry...good feeling." Doors for tomorrows Colosseum show open at 7.30pm and tickets...
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Indie Slides Rule at the Colosseum; Rock
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 14, 2006
Subjects: Motion pictures, Movies
Indie Slides Rule at the Colosseum; Rock. Byline: ALAN POOLE THE...profile tour to date at Coventry Colosseum on Monday, April 24. The quartet...This weekends attractions at the Colosseum include Klaxons, Shy Child and Post...
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encyclopedia articles on: Colosseum  - 12 results

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Colosseum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COLOSSEUM or Coliseum both: kol se m, Ital. Colosseo, common...persecuted Christians were thrown there to beasts. The Colosseum has been damaged several times by earthquakes. See J. Pearson, Arena: The Story of the Colosseum (1974). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Coliseum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COLISEUM see Colosseum . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Amphitheater
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...empire. More or less well-preserved examples are at Rome (see Colosseum ), Verona, and Capua in Italy; at Nimes and Arles in France...gladiators, wild animals, and storage. Until the erection of the Colosseum (a.d. 80), practically all amphitheaters were of wood, the...
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Gladiators
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...They probably were introduced from Etruria and originally were funeral games. Gladitorial combats, which took place in the Colosseum and in hundreds of other ampitheaters throughout the Roman world, reached their height in the 1st and 2d cent. a.d. The...
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Forum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Basilica of Constantine was added it reached almost to the Colosseum. The valley between the hills was crossed by a small stream...light what was left. The forums are now, with the Palatine and Colosseum, an imposing complex of ruins, testifying to the magnificence...
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