The roman coliseum
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Pau , Fran.C and Adrián
Roman colliseumRoman colliseum
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In the present
• The Roman colliseum is in Italy (Rome).
• The colliseum is the best touristic center of Rome and is the most visited monument in Italy .
• In the present is one of the new seven wonders of the world.
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The history
• The Roman colliseum is an anphitheater built in the first century.
• It had strong religious elements ,but it was a demostration of family power.
• It has been destroyed many times and built again.
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UsesIt was used to distract people
with fightbetween gladiators armeds with swords, nets, shields and tridents.In the fights
sometimes it appeared the wildest animals of the
world .
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The gladiators and punisheds
• The gladiators were prisioners of war and criminals that fought with the servants when those were punished by their bosses.
Punishers were killed sometimes by the lions.
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Characteristics
·The floor was made of wood and the roof was made of wool.
It has capacity for a lot of people(50.000).
Below the wood there were tunnels where the animals,gladiators and punishers were.
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The endThe end